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HON.  JAMES  M.  CURl.EY 
Mayor  of  Boston    1914-1918 


The  Driving  Clubs  of 
Greater  Boston 


EDITED  AND  COMPILED 

BY 

JOHN  W.  LINNEHAN  AND  EDWARD  E.  COGSWELL 


DEDICATION 

To  the  Lovers  of  the  Horse 
and  to  the  promotion  of 
Speedway  and  Matinee  sport 


Copyright,   1914 
By  J.  W.  Linnehan  and  E.  E.  Cogswell 


From  the  Press  of 

Atlantic  Printing  Company 

Boston 


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The  Dorchester 
Gentlemen's  Driving  Club 

1899  1914 


FRANKLIN  FIELD  SPEEDWAY- -THE  START 


THE  GRANDSTAND— -Mayor  Fitzgerald  and  President  Johnson  in  the  Barouche 


The  Dorchester  Gentlemen's 
Driving  Club 


As  the  outcome  of  several  chance 
meetings  of  the  horsemen  of  Hyde 
Park,  Milton  and  Dorchester  in 
the  several  blacksmith  shops,  and 
especially  in  the  shop  of  E.  P. 
Denn  and  the  stable  office  of  H.  P.  Gallup, 
on  Barnes  Street,  Dorchester,  was  organized 
on  April  26,  1899,  the  Dorchester  Gentlemen's 
Driving  Club.  It  was  the  first  driving  club  m 
this  countrv  whose  by-laws  and  constitution 
called  for  weekly  meeting  of  its  members  and 
weekly  racing  of  horses  for  ribbons. 

The  first  election  of  officers  was  held  on 
May  10,  1899,  and  showed  over  a  hundred 
horse  owners  enrolled  on  its  membership  list. 
The  election  resulted  in  the  following  board 
of  officers:  President,  Charles  L.  Young; 
first  vice-president,  S.  Walter  Wales;  second 
vice-president,  Louis  Pfingst;  secretary, 
Charles  H.  Belledeu ;  treasurer,  John  M.  E. 
Morrill;  clerk,  E.  O.  Haddock;  directors,  T. 

A.  Bresnahan,  Cyril  G.  Blaney,  Frederick  J. 
Brand,  George  H.  Greenwood,  and  Charles 
L.  Bartlett ;  racing  and  speedway  committee, 
R.  S.  Fitch,  C.  H.  Belledeu,  A.  S.  Gushee,  F. 
J.  Brand,  S.  H.  Mildram,  L.  E.  H.  Jones,  Geo. 

B.  Fowler,  H.  P.  Gallup,  F.  S.  Eldredge,  F.  L. 
Codman,  Alpheus  Sanford ;  membership  com- 
mittee, Geo.  E.  Griffin,  W.  E.  Newbert,  C.  L. 
Hinds;  finance  committee,  R.  S.  Fitch,  George 
H.  Greenwood  and  H.  P.  Gallup. 

Weekly  matinee  races  were  held  on  the  Blue 
Hill  Avenue  quarter-mile  speedway,  that  had 
been  gi^anted  the  club  by  the  city  and  which 
was  kept  in  condition  for  racing  by  money  se- 
cured from  among  the  members,  many  of 
whom  went  down  into  their  pocket  for  as  high 
as  $25  each. 

And  this  brings  to  mind  what  happened  to  a 
number  of  the  members  of  the  club  on  the  very 
first  day  racing  was  permitted  on  Blue  Hill 
Avenue,  which  is  well  worth  reading. 

On  account  of  Captain  Charles  W.  Hunt 
and  the  police  of  the  Dorchester  district  not 
being  notified  of  the  order  signed  by  Mayor 
Quincy,  allowing  the  west  side  of  Blue  Hill 
Avenue  between  Talbot  Avenue  and  Morton 
Street  to  be  used  for  a  speedway,  several  mem- 


bers of  the  Dorchester  Driving  Club  narrowly 
escaped  being  arrested  for  fast  driving. 

When  a  mounted  policeman  saw  several  of 
the  club  members  start  to  race  their  horses  he 
stopped  them  and  said  that  he  should  be  com- 
pelled to  place  them  under  arrest.  The  driv- 
ers told  the  policeman  that  a  permit  had  been 
granted,  but  they  could  not  show  it. 

The  oflicer  started  to  take  them  to  the  police 
station,  but  afterward  agreed  to  telephone 
from  the  nearest  signal  box.  He  talked  with 
Captain  Hunt,  but  the  latter  said  that  he  knew 
of  no  permit.  Captain  Hunt  told  the  police- 
man to  come  to  the  station.  He  did  so,  and 
there  the  matter  was  discussed. 

Finally  it  was  decided  that  the  officer  should 
take  the  names  of  those  on  the  "Speedway,'' 
and  if  it  should  be  found  that  an  order  permit- 
ting them  to  race  had  not  been  passed,  they 
should  be  summoned  into  court  instead  of  be- 
ing actually  arrested. 

Among  the  names  of  those  taken  was  S. 
Walter  Wales,  the  well-known  stable  man ; 
A.  S.  Gushee,  C.  L.  Young,  W.  E.  Newbert 
and  Charles  F.  Stevens.  They  found  Coun- 
cilman Mildram  and  explained  the  difficulty 
they  were  in.  A  hurried  visit  to  City  Hall  and 
police  headquarters  resulted  in  matters  being 
straightened  out,  but  many  of  them  had  sev- 
eral hours  of  worrying,  fearful  that  they 
would  figure  in  the  criminal  courts  as  violators 
of  the  law. 

Weekly  meetings  of  the  club  were  held  in 
Central  Hall  on  Center  Street,  Monday  nights, 
where  the  result  of  the  races  of  the  previous 
week  were  announced  and  the  horses  matched 
for  the  next  Saturday.  This  matching  was 
always  done  by  a  special  sub-committee  of  the 
racing  and  speedway  committee,  and  the  sched- 
ules of  matches  were  announced  after  a  recess 
of  the  business  meeting.  This  schedule  of 
matches  was  never  satisfactory  to  any  one, 
and,  no  matter  how  fair  they  were,  no  one  ex- 
pected they  would  be,  so  there  was  always  an 
argument  for  and  against  putting  certain 
horses  together. 

A  stranger  coming  into  the  meeting  during 
these  arguments  would  think  that  the  members 
were    being   matched    for    a    thousand    dollar 


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purse  instead  of  a  blue  ribbon.  In  these  early 
days  as  many  as  thirty-five  or  forty  horses 
were  matched  together,  so  every  owner  was 
sure  to  be  on  hand  and  register  the  customary 
kick  as  a  matter  of  principle,  and  many  more 
interested  members  were  on  hand  to  hear  and 
see  the  fun. 

These  meetings  were  always  largely  at- 
tended, and  many  times  the  roosters  in  the  back 
yards  of  Dorchester  were  giving  their  signals 
that  it  was  high  time  men  of  families  were  at 
home,  when  the  meetings  broke  up. 

One  of  the  prominent  members  of  the  club 
in  these  days  was  a  well-known  milkman  in  the 
Dorchester  district,  whose  teams  used  to  start 
out  from  his  home  at  one  o'clock  sharp.  lie 
was  heard  making  the  statement  that  for  four 
years  his  teams  had  started  out  every  Tuesday 
morning  before  he  arrived  home.  There  were 
several  other  members  of  the  club  who  could 
truthfully  say  the  same  thing,  which  shows  the 
keen  interest  the  members  took  in  the  club 
during  the  first  years  of  its  existence. 

S.  Walter  Wales  never  missed  a  Monday 
night  meeting  for  seven  years.  W.  E.  New- 
bert  never  missed  a  meeting  for  eight  years. 
H.  P.  Gallup  has  missed  but  one  Monday  night 
meeting  of  this  club  in  fourteen  years.  George 
H.  Greenwood,  the  present  secretary,  has  not 
missed  over  ten  in  the  same  length  of  time. 
D.  E.  Page  has  probably  missed  a  dozen  meet- 
ings in  ten  years,  and  so  it  goes.  We  might 
mention  many  more  in  the  same  line. 

There  was  no  doubt  but  what  the  Dorches- 
ter Gentlemen's  Driving  Club  was  the  leading 
social  club  in  the  Dorchester  district,  and  if 
"by  thy  works  thou  shalt  be  known,"  the 
speedway  on  Franklin  Field  stands  as  a  mon- 
ument to  the  power  of  these  members  as  a  po- 
litical organization.  The  work  done  on  this 
particular  matter  is  fully  told  elsewhere. 

The  club  was  chartered  on  June  23,  1890, 
and  the  charter  issued  by  William  Olin,  secre- 
tary of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts, 
shows  the  following  names :  Chas.  L.  Young, 
John  M.  E.  Morriil,  S.  Walter  Wales,  Chas. 
"H.  Belledeu,  Fred'k  J.  Brand,  George  H. 
Greenwood,  Timothy  A.  Bresnahan,  Hollis  P. 
Gallup,  Robert  S.  Fitch,  and  Jacob  Mosser, 
only  two  of  whom.  Greenwood  and  Gallup, 
are  active  at  the  present  writing. 

It  would  be  impossible  to  give  a  detailed 
list  of  all  the  races  held  on  the  speedway  by 
the  members  of  the  club,  space  being  limited 
to  the  races  that  were  held  on  the  regular  field 
days,  that  were  held  at  Readville  track  dur- 


ing the  first  six  years,  and  to  the  interclub 
races,  which  were  held  with  the  other  driving 
clubs  of  greater  Boston. 

The  races  held  by  this  club  at  Readville 
were  among  the  most  interesting  that  have 
ever  taken  place  over  that  historic  track. 
Every  man,  woman  and  child  that  passed 
through  the  gate  on  the  race  days  were  in- 
terested in  some  horse  entered  to  start.  If 
that  particular  horse  could  go  no  faster  than 
2:40,  he  was  just  as  valuable  and  as  im- 
portant to  the  owner  and  his  friends  as  if  he 
could  go  in  2  :o6  1-2. 

When  such  men  as  John  O'Connor,  the 
well-known  printer,  who  weighed  385  pounds ; 
Ross  Woodbury,  the  deep-sea  pilot,  who 
weighed  296  pounds ;  E.  L.  Hopkins,  the  well- 
known  South  Boston  real  estate  man,  who 
weighed  290  pounds ;  William  M.  Morrison, 
the  master  builder,  who  weighed  283  pounds ; 
and  Dave  Biggs,  the  well-known  contractor, 
who  weighed  278  pounds,  would  get  up  be- 
iiind  their  horses  and  drive  in  races,  it  meant 
that  they  were,  or  at  least  they  thought  they 
were,  having  some  fun. 

Age  also  had  no  terrors  for  some  of  the 
members.  There  was  a  very  interesting  race 
held  at  one  of  its  field  days  when  the  com- 
bined ages  of  four  of  the  drivers  totaled  268 
years,  and  they  were  the  3'oungest  old  men  on 
the  field  that  day. 

To  the  members  of  the  Dorchester  Driving 
Club,  also,  belongs  the  honor  of  staging  the 
first  handicap  race  for  harness  horses  ever 
given  in  this  country.  This  race  took  place  at 
Readville  on  Labor  Day,  September  5,  1901, 
and  the  prizes  were  a  two-minute  harness, 
valued  at  $75 ;  a  silver  ferrule  whip,  valued  at 
$30,  and  $10  in  gold  for  each  second  horse. 
The  harness  was  won  by  the  black  mare, 
Brightness,  by  Tarratine,  dam  Nancy  Pilot, 
owned  by  A.  M.  Newbert  and  driven  by  W.  E. 
Newbert,  with  a  handicap  of  39  feet  back  of 
the  scratch.  Silkey,  a  chestnut  mare  by  Nel- 
son, owned  and  driven  by  Fred  Eldredge, 
with  a  handicap  of  810  feet  and  three  inches, 
took  second  money.  The  handicap  race  for 
the  whip  was  won  by  Azote,  a  bay  gelding  by 
Constantine,  owned  and  driven  by  E.  O.  Had- 
dock, with  a  handicap  of  678  feet  back  of  the 
■  scratch.  Rex,  a  bay  gelding  by  Electricity, 
owned  and  driven  by  Albert  Fellows,  was  the 
scratch  horse  in  this  event,  and  won  second 
mone3^ 

The  first  ladies'  night  was  held  on  the  even- 
ing of  December   11,   1899,  in  the  Dorchester 


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Women's  clubhouse.  A  fine  entertainment  was 
given,  an  equally  line  supper  served,  and  danc- 
ing was  enjoyed  until  well  on  towards  day- 
light. S.  Walter  Wales  was  master  of  cere- 
monies. More  than  400  attended,  and  the  suc- 
cess of  the  affair  was  unqualified. 


SEASON  OF  1900 


and  driven  by  'J'.  M.  (ialvin,  best  heat  in  2:25. 
The  free-for-all  pace  had  four  starters  and 
was  won  by  Landlord,  owned  and  driven  by 
C.  L.  Young,  best  time  2:17. 


The  board  of  officials  elected  at  the  annual 
meeting  were  :  President,  Charles  L.  Young ; 
first  vice-president,  S.  Walter  Wales ;  second 
vice-president,  Louis  Pfingst;  secretary, 
Charles  H.  Belledeu ;  treasurer,  John  M.  E. 
Morrill;  clerk,  Frederick  J.  Brand;  directors, 
T.  A.  Bresnahan,  Cyril  C.  Blaney,  Frederick 
J.  Brand, 'Geo.  H.  Greenwood  and  Charles 
L.  Bartlett ;  racing  and  speedway  com- 
mittee.. R.  S.  Fitch,  chairman,  C.  H.  Belledeu, 
A.  S.  Gushee,  F.  J.  Brand,  S.  Pi.  Mildram. 
L.  E.  H.  Jones,  Geo.  B.  Fowler,  H.  P.  Gallup. 
F.  S.  Eldredge,  F.  L.  Codman,  Alpheus  San- 
ford  ;  membership  committee,  Geo.  E.  Griffin, 
W.  E.  Newbert,  C.  L.  Hinds. 

During  President  Young's  second  year  in 
office,  the  first  public  race  for  gate  money 
was  held  at  Readville,  on  Bunker  Hill  Day, 
June  18,  and  again  on  Labor  Day,  September 
3.  On  June  18  there  were  four  classes  for 
purses  of  $100  each. 

The  2 :45  class  had  six  starters,  and  the 
race  was  won  by  Ashmont,  owned  and  driven 
by  H.  P.  Gallup,  best  heat  in  2  ■.;^y  1-2.  The 
2 :25  class  had  seven  starters,  and  was  an- 
nexed by  Prince  Wilkes,  owned  and  driven 
by  C.  H.  Belledeu,  best  heat  in  2:22  3-4.  The 
free-for-all  had  five  starters,  which  was  won 
by  Kentucky  Star,  also  owned  by  Mr.  Belle- 
deu, best  heat  in  2:17  1-2.  The  double-team 
race  had  three  starters,  and  was  won  by  Ran- 
dolph K.  and  Embrino,  driven  by  J.  M.  E. 
Morrill,  whose  fastest  time  was  2:28  1-2, 
which  was  considered  very  good  for  horses 
which  had  never  been  hitched  together  before. 

The  Labor  Day  races  had  five  classes  for 
purses  of  $100  each,  and  a  running  race  for 
a  purse  of  $75.  The  three-minute  trot  had 
five  starters,  and  was  won  by  Azote,  owned 
and  driven  by  E.  O.  Haddock,  best  heat  in 
2:341-2.  The  free-for-all  trot  had  four 
starters,  and  was  won  by  Camden  Girl,  owned 
by  John  Hood,  best  heat  in  2 :22  1-2.  The 
2  :45  class  had  six  starters,  and  was  won  by 
Gladys  M.,  owned  and  driven  by  R.  K.  Clarke, 
best  heat  in  2  124  3-4.  The  2  ;35  class  had  eight 
starters   and   was   won   by    Lightfoot,    owned 


C.  L.  YOUNG 

President    1899-1900 

It  was  on  this  day  that  A.  S.  Gushee,  owner 
of  the  well-known  mare.  Trinket,  in  the  25th 
year  of  her  age,  started  against  the  record  for 
aged  horses,  which  at  that  time  was  2:20  1-2. 
Although  Mr.  Gushee  had  never  been  in  a  race 
of  that  nature  before,  he  drove  the  mare  a 
mile  in  2.20  3-4,  only  a  quarter  of  a  second 
short  of  the  record.  Considering  the  age  of 
the  mare,  it  was  a  wonderful  performance, 
and  both  horse  and  driver  received  much  ap- 
plause from  the  large  crowd  present. 

The  social  features  of  the  year  were  the 
holding  of  a  clam  supper  on  October  i,  with 
more  than  100  present,  and  a  month  later  was 
held  a  stag  party,  at  which  more  than  200  at- 
tended. The  stag  parties  were  held  frequently 
thereafter  in  the  clubroom. 


SEASON  OF  1901 


The  board  of  officials  elected  for  1901  were : 
President,  S.  Walter  Wales ;  first  vice-presi- 
dent, Louis  Pfingst ;  second  vice-president, 
Robert  S.  Fitch ;  secretary,  Charles  H.  Belle- 
deu ;  treasurer,  John  M.  E.  Morrill ;  clerk, 
Frederick  J.  Brand;  directors,  T.  A.  Bresna- 
han, Cyril  C.  Blaney,  George  H.  Greenwood, 
Charles  L.  Young  and  H.   P.  Gallup ;  racing 


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and  speedway  committee,  C.  C.  Blaney,  Geo. 
W.  D'Arcy,  J.  R.  Stuart,  Jr.,  L.  S.  Timber- 
lake,  Louis  Tewhart,  Frederick  S.  Gore,  Hol- 
lis  P.  Gallup,  George  B.  Fowler,  R.  K.  Clarke, 
Charles  L.  Young,  Almond  S.  Gushee,  \\'ilbur 
C.  Littlefield,  Jesse  Moulton  and  William  C. 
Fitzgerald;     finance    committee,     Robert     S. 


S.  WALTER  WALES 
President    1901-1902 

Fitch,  Charles  L.  Young  and  George  H. 
Greenwood ;  membership  committee,  Walter 
E.  Newbert,  Charles  L.  Hinds  and  George  E. 
Griffin. 

During  President  Wales'  first  year  in  office 
the  club  only  held  one  race  meeting  at  Read- 
ville,  on  Labor  Day,  September  2.  There  were 
five  classes  for  purses  of  $100  each. 

The  2 :35  class  had  six  starters,  and  was 
won  by  Aggie  H.,  owned  and  driven  by  R.  W. 
Hickey,  who  in  the  second  heat  made  the 
fastest  time  of  the  day,  2:181-2.  A 
special  slow  class,  always  a  feature  with 
this  club,  had  eight  starters,  and  was  captured 
by  Brightness,  owned  and  driven  by  A.  M. 
Newbert,  in  2.43  1-4.  The  2.20  trot  +iad  six 
starters,  and  was  won  by  Ladv  Madison, 
owned  and  driven  by  P.  J.  Fitzgerald.  Alice 
B.,  owned  and  driven  by  Walter  Newbert, 
took  the  third  heat  in  the  fastest  time  of  the 
race,  2:22  1-2,  and  everybody  thought  that 
Lady  Madison  was  beaten,  but  she  came  back 
strong  in  the  fourth  heat  and  won,  finishing 


the  race.  The  2  :22  class  had  seven  starters, 
and  was  won  by  Gladys  M.,  owned  and  driven 
by  R.  K.  Clarke,  in  2  :22  1-2.  The  free-for-all 
pace  had  six  starters,  and  was  easy  for  Ken- 
tucky Star,  driven  by  his  owner,  C.  H.  Belle- 
deu,  best  time,  2  -.ig. 

The  second  annual  ladies'  night  was  held 
on  January  30.  Thomas  N.  Hart,  the  Mayor 
of  Boston,  honored  the  occasion  with  his 
'presence.  President  Wales  and  Treasurer 
Morrill  had  charge  of  the  floor.  Like  its  pred- 
ecessor, it  was  an  unqualified  success. 


SEASON  OF  1902 


The  new  board  of  officials  were :  President, 
S.  Walter  Wales ;  first  vice-president,  Louis 
Pfingst ;  second  vice-president,  John  M.  E. 
Morrill;  secretar)?,  George  H.  Greenwood; 
treasurer,  Robert  S.  Fitch ;  clerk,  George 
D'Arcy ;  directors,  T.  A.  Bresnalian,  Jesse 
Moulton,  Frederick  J.  Brand,  Charles  L. 
Young  and  Almond  S.  Gushee  ;  racing  and 
speedway  committee.  Almond  S.  Gushee,  S. 
Walter  Wales,  Fred  S.  Eldredge,  Jesse  Moul- 
ton, HoUis  P.  Gallup,  George  W.  D'Arcy, 
W.  W.  Grant,  Louis  Pfingst,  R.  S.  Fitch,  Wil- 
liam P.  Boutelle,  Randolph  K.  Clarke,  D.  W. 
Sullivan,  Walter  E.  Newbert,  Fred  S.  Gore, 
L.  S.  Timberlake,  Charles  L.  Young,  William 
M.  Brummett,  Edgar  O.  Haddock,  J.  W.  Lin- 
nehan  and  William  J.  Fitzgerald ;  finance 
committee,  T.  A.  Bresnahan,  F.  J.  Brand  and 
Jesse  Moulton ;  membership  committee, 
George  E.  Griffin,  Charles  L.  Hinds,  Dr. 
R.  W.  Balkan!  and  E.  S.  Harris. 

During  President  Wales'  second  term  in 
office  the  club  held  two  field  days  at  Readville. 
One  on  Bunker  Hill  Day,  June  17,  and  the 
other  on  Labor  Day,  September  i.  The  races 
on  June  17  were  the  most  interesting  that 
the  club  had  ever  held.  There  were  four 
classes,  with  purses  of  $100  each. 

The  2 :20  trot  had  nine  horses,  and  every 
horse  had  a  large  following,  the  grandstand 
pulling  for  their  favorite  to  win.  Lidia  Panis, 
pwned  and  driven  by  George  French ;  Captain 
Half,  owned  and  driven  by  J.  G.  Cleary ;  Alice 
B.,  owned  and  driven  by  W.  E.  Newbert; 
Lady  Madison,  owned  and  driven  by  P.  J. 
Fitzgerald ;  Ramus,  owned  and  driven  by 
Gary  Keith ;  Newsboy,  owned  and  driven  by 
J.  E.  Wilber ;  Princess  Ebilo,  owned  and 
driven  by  F.  J.  Brand ;  Ninety-One,  owned 
and  driven  by  R.   C.  Richardson,  and  Gipsy 


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II 


Felix,  owned  by  H.  G.  Turner  and  driven  by 
E.  O.  Haddock,  were  the  horses  in  this  class. 
Princess  Ebilo  won  the  race,  trotting  in 
2:20  1-4,  but  not  without  a  battle  in  every 
heat.  A  blanket  would  have  covered  Princess 
Ebilo  and  Gipsy  Felix  at  the  wire. 

The  2:22  pace  had  seven  starters,  and  was 
won  by  Gladys  M.,  owned  and  driven  by  R.  K. 
Clarke,  in  2:21  3-4.  The  free-for-all  class 
had  five  starters,  and  was  quickly  taken  by 
George  G.,  owned  by  J.  F.  Fitzgerald  and 
driven  by  W.  J.  Fitzgerald,  in  2:18.  A  special 
slow  class  had  twelve  starters,  and  was  won 
by  Cartuna,  owned  and  driven  by  Frank  Hen- 
derson, the  fourth  trip  being  a  dead  heat  with 
Dexter,  W.  I.  Estabrook  driving,  in  2  :32. 

The  Labor  Day,  September  i,  races  were 
the  most  bitterly  fought  of  any  ever  held  by 
the  club.  Every  horse  in  each  of  the  classes 
had  his  particular  friends  in  the  grandstand, 
coupling  with  the  fact  that  there  were  over 
4,000  people  present,  and  that  it  was  an  ideal 
day  for  racing.  So  important  were  these 
races  considered  that  a  professional  starter 
was  engaged  and  judges  appointed  who  had 
no  connection  with  the  club.  Two  of  the 
classes  were  of  six  heats,  and  had  to  be  car- 
ried over  until  the  following  day,  one  event 
to  finish  two  heats  and  the  other  three.  There 
were  five  races,  with  purses  of  $100  each. 

The  2 :30  class  had  nine  horses,  and  was 
won  by  Yellow  Boy,  after  going  six  heats. 
He  was  owned  and  driven  by  L.  E.  Billings. 
The  fastest  heat  was  in  2:24  1-2.  Lacka- 
wanna, driven  by  his  owner,  John  O'Connor, 
got  two  heats,  and  should  have  nailed  the 
race,  but  he  tired  in  the  third  heat.  He  cer- 
tainly had  good  reason  in  getting  weary,  as 
his  driver  weighed  385  pounds,  and  they  made 
some  picture  circulating  the  Readville  track. 
The  2  :20  trot  had  six  starters,  and  was  won 
after  four  hard  fought  heats  by  India  Panis, 
owned  and  driven  by  George  French.  Lady 
Madison,  the  speedway  champion,  won  the 
first  heat  in  the  fastest  time  of  the  race, 
2:22  1-2,  but  the  Lady  was  getting  too  old 
to  stall  off  the  younger  horses. 

The  free-for-all  had  six  starters,  and  was 
very  easy  for  the  little  horse.  Rondo,  owned 
by  S.  Walter  Wales,  and  driven  by  that  mas- 
ter reinsman,  Fred  Eldredge.  Two  heats,  in 
2:16  1-2  and  2:16,  was  all  he  had  to  do,  and 
he  could  have  easily  gone  three  seconds  faster 
if  necessar}^.  The  2  123  class  had  five  starters, 
and  went  six  heats,  four  of  which  heats  were 
trotted  the  first  day.    McNaiy's  Hal,  owned 


by  R.  Y.  Woodbury  and  driven  by  W.  E. 
Newbert,  won  the  first  heat  in  2  123  3-4.  Bud- 
weiser,  owned  and  driven  by  J.  W.  Linnehan, 
annexed  the  second  heat  in  2:26  3-4.  Captain 
Hall,  owned  and  driven  by  A.  S.  Gushee,  se- 
cured the  third  heat  in  2:26  1-4.  Grover  C, 
owned  by  P.  J.  Fitzgerald  and  driven  by  E.  O. 
Haddock,  got  the  fourth  heat  in  2 127. 

These  four  horses  went  to  the  stable  after 
the  first  day's  racing  with  a  heat  apiece  to 
their  credit.  They  were  so  evenly  matched 
that  several  hundred  dollars  was  wagered  tha 
night  among  the  friends  of  the  different 
horses.  Pools  were  sold  in  regular  Grand 
Circuit  style,  and  when  the  race  was  called 
the  next  day  over  800  people  were  in  the 
grandstand.  Budweiser,  whose  caretaker  nad 
put  in  some  extra  work  on  him  after  the  race 
the  day  before,  came  out  fresh  and  full  of 
fight,  and  won  the  two  heats  necessary  1 
land  the  money,  in  2  :26  1-2  and  2  -.zj  1-2,  but 
not  until  after  a  battle  with  Newbert  and 
Haddock,  who  would  have  given  a  good  part 
of  Franklin  Field  to  have  won. 

The  special  slow  class  was  another  race 
carried  over  from  the  first  day  and  decided 
on  September  2.  Two  heats,  one  in  2:32  1-2, 
the  fastest  of  the  race,  had  been  won  the  first 
day  by  Bonnie  Patchen,  owned  and  driven  by 
T.  R.  Galvin,  and  one  heat  by  Emma  R., 
owned  and  driven  by  C.  R.  Hinds.  The  sec- 
ond day,  Pholyphema,  owned  and  driven  by 
Dr.  R.  W  Balkam,  came  out  the  freshest, 
and  won  in  three  straight  heats. 

The  third  annual  ladies"  night  took  place  on 
February  11.  President  Wales  and  Mrs. 
Wales  led  the  grand  march  at  the  dance  which 
followed  the  entertainment  and  supper. 
George  W.  D'Arcy  was  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee of  arrangements,  and  J.  AL  E.  Morrill 
was  floor  director. 


SEASON  OF  1903 


The  annual  board  of  officials  were  as  fol- 
lows: President,  Frederick  J.  Brand;  first  vice- 
president,  Randolph  K.  Clarke ;  second  vice- 
president,  T-  M.  E.  Morrill ;  secretary,  George 
H.  Greenwood;  treasurer,  Robert  S.  Fitch, 
directors,  S.  Walter  Wales,  T.  A.  Bresnahan, 
Charles  L.  Young,  Almond  S.  Gushee  and_ 
Hollis  P.  Gallup ;  racing  and  speedway  com- 
mittee, Almond  S.  Gushee,  S.  Walter  Wales, 
George  H.  Greenwood,  Hollis  P.  Gallup, 
Hiram  A.  Haven,  George  W.  D'Arcy,  W.  \\'- 
Grant,    Louis    Pfingst,    Jacob    Mosser,    R.    S. 


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Fitch,  William  P.  Boutelle,  Randolph  K. 
Clarke,  D.  W.  Sullivan,  Walter  E.  Newbert, 
Fred  S.  Gore,  Wilbur  S.  Littlefield,  Fred  S. 
Eldredge,  Charles  L.  Young,  William  M. 
Brummett,  Edgar  O.  Haddock,  J-  W.  Linne- 
han,    William    J.    Fitzgerald    and    Charles    L. 


FRED   J.    BRAND 

President  1903-1904 

Hinds;  finance  committee,  T.  A.  Bresnahan, 
S.  Walter  Whales,  Albert  Fellows,  Almond  S. 
Gushee ;  membership  committee,  George  E. 
Griffin,  Dr.  R.  W^  Balkam,  E.  S.  Harris,  Nel- 
son Pierce  and  C.  M.  Mandell ;  clerk,  George 
W.  D'Arcy. 

The  feature  of  the  ladies'  night,  held  on 
February  12,  was  the  presentation  to  the  re- 
retiring  president,  S.  Walter  Wales,  of  a  cost- 
ly gold  stop-watch.  President  Brand  intro- 
duced Second  Vice-President  Morrill,  who 
made  the  presentation  speech.  On  the  watch 
was  inscribed : 

"Presented  to  S.  Walter  Wales  by  the 
members  of  the  Dorchester  Gentlemen's 
Driving  club  as  a  small  token  of  their  esteem 
and  appreciation  of  his  efforts  in  behalf  of 
the  driving  club,  while  he  was  president. 
"Boston,  February  12,  1903." 

The  first  banquet  of  the  club  took  place  at 
Hendrie's,  on  the  evening  of  November  5, 
and  was  dedicated  especially  to  the  men.  The 
members  turned  out  in  goodly  numbers,  and 
invited  guests  were  present,  private,  political 
and  otherwise.    The  members  and  guests  were 


gathered  around  small  tables,  thus  choosing 
their  own  companions.  First  Vice-president 
Randolph  K.  Clarke  was  head  of  the  commit- 
tee of  arrangements.  A  fine  entertainment 
was  given  and  there  were  excellent  speeches. 

One  of  the  features  of  the  evening  was  the 
presentation  to  A.  S.  Gushee,  who  had  just 
completed  his  three  years'  service  as  chairman 
of  the  racing  comnaittee,  of  an  easy  chair. 

The  usual  matinees  were  held  at  Readville 
on  June  17  and  on  Labor  Day,  which  fell  on 
September  7.  On  the  first  named  date,  there 
were  five  events,  each  for  a  purse  of  $100. 

The  free-for-all  attracted  a  lot  of  attention, 
the  starters  being  Parker  S.,  Rex  and  Lana- 
lord.  When  it  came  to  racing  it  was  discov- 
ered that  the  first  named  gelding  had  the 
speed  of  the  party,  his  fastest  heat  being  ni 
2:17  1-4. 

The  largest  field  was  in  the  2  123  pace,  and 
was  conducive  of  the  best  sport  of  the  after- 
noon. Budweiser,  owned  and  driven  by  J.  W'. 
Linnehan,  grabbed  off  the  last  three  heats, 
after  finishing  fourth  in  the  opening  one, 
which  was  taken  by  McNary's  Hal. 

The  races  on  Labor  Day  were  four  in  num- 
ber. In  the  special  slow  class,  the  first  heat 
was  won  by  Sunny  Jim,  owned  by  W.  M. 
Brummett  and  driven  by  W.  E.  Newbert. 
Then  Lucinda,  owned  and  driven  by  A.  D. 
Gould,  showed  by  the  unusual  manner  in 
which  she  won  the  next  two  heats  that  she 
had  no  license  to  be  entered  in  the  slow  class. 

The  2  :34  pace  was  copped  by  Don  Wilkes, 
owned  and  driven  by  F.  H.  Robinson.  The 
2  :26  pace  and  2  :22  trot  was  a  fighting  race 
from  start  to  finish.  The  first  heat  was  won 
by  Brightness,  owned  by  A.  M.  Newbert  and 
driven  by  E.  O.  Haddock.  The  second  heat 
was  captured  by  Captain  Hall,  owned  and 
driven  by  A.  S.  Gushee.  The  third  heat  was 
taken  by  India  Panis,  owned  by  George 
French  and  driven  by  J.  W.  Linnehan.  Then 
the  fourth  and  fifth  heats  and  race  were  won 
by  Captain  Hall.  The  2:19  pace  and  2:15  trot 
were  annexed  by  W.  W.  Saylor,  owned  by 
H.  R.  Barry  and  driven  by  Fred  Eldredge,  in 
straight  heats,  the  fastest  in  2:18  1-4. 


SEASON  OF  1904 


President  Brand  was  returned  for  a  second 
term  in  office,  as  under  his  first  administra- 
tion the  club  had  increased  its  membership, 
while  its  cash  balance  was  about  30  per  cent 
more  than  before  he  took  the  chair.    The  first 


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13 


election  of  officials  was  held  on  January  4, 
hut  owing  to  a  question  of  legality,  a  second 
election  was  held  on  January  18,  the  latter,  of 
course,  being  the  one  that  counted. 

It  was  this  election  that  marked  a  new 
liiethod  of  the  selection  of  officials.  The  old 
way  was  to  have  the  president  appoint  a 
nomination  committee  to  bring  in  a  list  of  the 
officers  for  the  ensuing  year.  Then  if  there 
was  no  opposition,  the  election  was  by  accla- 
mation. As  there  was  seldom  any  opposition 
under  this  system,  everything  worked  very 
smoothly,  but  still  was  not  satisfactory  to 
many  members  of  the  club. 

In  the  election  of  January  18,  what  was 
known  as  the  Brand  system,  but  which  in  all 
reality  was  the  same  as  our  state  elections  in 
using  the  Australian  ballot,  the  plan  being  for 
open  nominations  of  the  members  from  ttie 
floor  for  the  different  offices  and  each  man 
nominated,  of  course,  was  placed  on  the  ticket 
for  the  members  to  choose  and  vote  for  in 
secret.  Following  were  the  officials  for  the 
ensuing  year : 

President,  Frederick  J.  Brand  ;  tirst  vice-pres- 
ident, Randolph  K.  Clarke ;  second  vice-presi- 
dent, Almond  S.  Gushee;  secretary,  George 
H.  Greenwood ;  treasurer,  Robert  S.  Fitch ; 
directors,  H.  P.  Gallup,  G.  W.  D'Arcy,  J.  W. 
Linnehan,  P.  J.  Fitzgerald,  Jacob  Mosser ; 
finance  committee,  Albert  Fellows,  Diedrich 
Filers,  J.  A.  Smith;  racing  and  speedway  com- 
mittee, W.  E.  Newbert,  E.  O.  Haddock,  H.  R. 
Barry,  Wm.  Brummett,  F.  S.  Eldredge,  F.  H. 
Robinson,  D.  M.  Biggs,  E.  S.  Harris,  J.  R. 
Stuart,  Jr.,  F.  W.  Berrigan,  D.  W.  Sullivan ; 
membership  committee.  Nelson  Pierce,  R.  C. 
Richardson,  G.  E.  Griffin;  clerk,  Ernest  H. 
Morgan. 

Sociall)^,  there  were  held  several  big  stag 
parties  and  whist  parties.  The  annual  ladies' 
night  and  concert  was  on  the  evening  of 
April  17,  and  the  appointments,  entertainnient. 
music  and  attendance  were  of  the  highest 
class. 

The  second  annual  banquet  was  held  on 
October  27  at  the  women's  clubhouse,  R.  K. 
Clarke  being  the  toastmaster.  jMembers  and 
guests  were  present  in  even  greater  numbers 
than  on  the  year  previous,  many  of  the  city 
officials  being  among  those  seated  at  the 
tables.  It  marked  the  closing  days  of  the  con- 
struction of  the  Franklin  Field  Speedway,  the 
work  having  begun  on  August  i.  This  really 
was  the  stellar  event  under  President  Brand's 
administration  of  two  years  in  office,  and  at 


the  dinner  the  speaking  on  all  sides  was  of 
the  jollification  sort.  Congratulations  by  the 
politicians  present  were  heartily  extended  to 
the  president  and  other  officers  of  the  club  in 
the  accomplishment  of  their  heart's  desire. 
The  speedway  was  completed  on  November 
2  J. 

It  was  counted  that  the  dedication  of  the 
Franklin  Field  course,  which  was  held  on 
Thanksgiving  Day,  would  be  celebrated. in  no 
uncertain  manner,  but  the  day  was  inclement 
and  it  was  impossible  to  hold  the  races,  but 
a  goodly  number  of  the  members  took  part  in 
the  preliminary  parade,  while  many  others 
gathered  along  the  line  of  the  new  speedway 
and  stood  in  the  drizzling  rain  in  the  hope 
that  the  racing  might  take  place.  The  length 
of  the  new  speedway  was  a  quarter  of  a  mile. 

As  was  customary,  two  racing  meets  were 
held  at  Readville  during  1904,  the  first  on 
June  17,  and  the  other  on  Labor  Day,  which 
fell  on  September  5. 

The  June  17  races  drew  out  a  large  attend- 
ance, and  the  most  interesting  event  of  the 
afternoon  proved  to  be  the  2:13  trot,  which 
was  won  by  Authentic,  owned  and  driven  by 
D.  M.  Biggs,  his  time  of  the  third  heat, 
2:16  1-4,  bemg  the  best  made  during  the  day 
by  a  trotter.  Dr.  Shorb,  driven  by  J.  W.  Lin- 
nehan, grabbed  ofif  the  second  heat,  which 
gave  his  entry  a  place  in  the  summary  next  to 
the  winner. 

The  free-for-all  had  a  good  field  of  starters, 
and  was  captured  by  Ned  Wilkes.  The  first 
two  heats  of  this  race  were  scorchers,  the 
opening  one  being  in  2:13  1-4  by  The  Private, 
while  the  next  Ned  Wilkes  placed  to  his  credit 
in  the  fast  time  of  2:13. 

There  were  four  classes  decided  on  Labor 
Day.  The  2  125  trot  or  pace  was  won  by  Billy 
Barlow,  owned  by  W.  P.  Boutelle  and  driven 
by  E.  O.  Haddock.  The  special  slow  class 
was  won  by  Mutineer,  owned  and  driven  by 
C.  C.  Blaney. 

In  the  fast  class,  the  2:18  trot  or  pace, 
after  Miss  Pratt  had  reeled  off  the  initial  heat 
in  2:17  3-4,  John  W.  Linnehan  gathered  in 
the  race  with  Budweiser,  his  second  and  third 
heats  being  each  in  2:18  1-4.  C.  C.  Blaney 
won  the  2  :35  class  with  Charlena. 

The  club  took  part  in  the  horse  show  at 
Mechanics  Building  in  the  Spring  and  carried 
off  second  prize.  President  Brand,  with 
Minetta,  led  the  Dorchester  contingent  of  the 
parade,  followed  by  J.  R.  Stuart,  Jr.,  with 
Susie  F..  D.  M.  Biggs  with  Authentic,  M.  A. 


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Nevens  with  Richmond,  and  H.  A.  Haven 
with  Baroness.  The  cash  prize  of  $50  was 
turned  into  the  club's  coffers. 


SEASON  OF  1905 


The   important   change  in  the   election   for 
this  year  was  Almond  S.  Gushee  securing  the 


A.    S.    GUSHEE 
President  1905 

most  votes  for  president.  The  contest  was  a 
strenuous  one,  the  opposition  to  Mr.  Gushee 
coming  from  R.  K.  Clarke,  who  had  filled  the 
position  of  first  vice-president  and  always  had 
been  a  hard  and  sincere  worker  of  the  inter- 
ests of  the  club.  The  friends  of  Mr.  Clarke 
contended  that  he  was  more  entitled  to  the 
office  of  president  than  was  Mr.  Gushee,  as 
the  latter  was  second  vice-president  and  it 
was,  in  their  opinion,  the  proper  way  for  the 
officers  to  graduate  into  higher  positions  ana 
not  jump  over  anybody's  head.  There  were 
114  votes  cast  for  the  candidates,  of  which 
Mr.  Gushee  got  58,  and  Mr.  Clarke  56.  How- 
ever bitter  the  feelings  were  during  the  smoke 
of  battle,  yet,  when  the  decision  had  been  ren- 
dered, it  was  accepted  with  utmost  good  hu- 
mor by  everyone,  all  being  again  reunited  to 
work  for  the  best  interests  of  the  organiza- 
tion. The  complete  board  of  officers  for  the 
year  were : 

President,  Almond  S.  Gushee ;  first  vice- 
president,  George  W.  D'Arcy ;  second  vice- 
president,  Jacob  Mosser ;  secretary,  George  H. 
Greenwood  ;  treasurer,  Robert  S.  Fitch  ;  direc- 


tors, Peter  J.  Fitzgerald,  Fred  S.  Eldredge, 
Hollis  P.  Gallup,  J.  Rollin  Stuart,  Jr.,  and 
Walter  E.  Newbert;  clerk,  Ernest  H.  Mor- 
gan; racing  and  speedway  committee,  H.  R. 
Barry,  D.  E.  Page,  F.  H.  Robinson,  J.  F. 
Carey,  W.  A.  Marsh,  E.  O.  Haddock,  j.  N. 
Terry,  R.  C.  Richardson,  E.  S.  Harris,  Patrick 
Sullivan,  C.  C.  Blaney ;  membership  commit- 
tee. Nelson  Pierce,  E.  P.  Denn,  M.  E.  Har- 
rington ;  finance  committee,  Albert  Fellows, 
J.  A.  Smith,  Diedrich  Filers',  C.  M.  Mandell, 
C.  H.  Morse. 

On  January  19  was  held  the  annual  ladies' 
night,  the  aff'air  being  in  charge  of  R.  K. 
Clarke,  and^  due  to  his  hard  work,  it  was 
thought  the  best  ever  held  since  the  inception 
of  the  club.  In  the  Fall  was  held  the  annual 
banquet,  the  Quincy  House  being  the  scene 
of  gaiety,  and  it  was  well  on  toward  the  small 
hours  of  morning  before  a  large  number  of 
the  members  reached  home  and  retired  for 
rest  upon  their  downy  couches. 

It  was  during  this  year  that  the  club  held 
its  last  race  meet  over  the  Readville  track,  the 
same  being  decided  on  June  17,  with  four 
events.  The  free-for-all  was  for  a  purse  of 
$200,  the  others  remaining  at  $100  each.  It 
was  with  much  regret  that  the  club  gave  up 
these  regular  field  days,  as,  while  the  manage- 
ment had  raised  the  price  for  the  use  of  Read- 
ville track  from  $100  to  $250,  starting  the  new 
rate  the  year  before,  the  race  meets  had  come 
out  on  the  right  side  of  the  ledger. 

In  the  events  of  June  17,  General  Fiske 
proved  the  best  of  the  party  in  the  free-for- 
all,  winning  the  second  heat  in  2:141-2,  the 
fastest  time  of  the  afternoon.  Ornament  and 
Budweiser  had  a  hot  battle  in  the  2:18  class, 
but  the  former  had  just  enough  left  to  wiiT 
each  trip.  Goldie  took  the  2 124  event  in 
straight  heats,  and  Roy  Wilkes  was  success^ 
ful  in  the  2  :35  class,  though  losing  the  second 
heat  to  Fthel  Wagrner. 


SEASON  OF  1906 


The  contest  for  president  this  year  was  be- 
tween George  W.  D'Arcy  and  John  W.  Linne- 
han,  and  each  worked  hard  to  get  out  the 
full  vote  and  earn  the  honor  of  occupying  the 
executive  chair.  The  result  of  the  polls  was 
Mr.  D'Arcy  73  votes  and  Mr.  Linnehan  58 
votes.  The  complete  slate  for  the  ensuing 
year  follows : 

President,  Geo.  W.  D'Arcy ;  first  vice-presi- 
dent, W.  E.  Newbert;  second  vice-president. 


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15 


P.  |.  Fit/gerald ;  secretary,  Geo.  li.  Green- 
wood ;  treasurer,  R.  S.  Fitch ;  directors,  E.  O. 
Haddock,  E.  S.  Harris.  F.  S.  Eldredge,  A.  Fel- 
lows, H.  R.  Barry ;  racing  and  speedway  com- 
mittee, J.  W.  Linnehan,  chairman,  Hiram 
Haven,  j.  A.  Swendeman,  W.  A.  Marsh,  W. 
M.  Brummett,  F.  H.  Bellows,  M.  A.  Nevens, 
Geo.  A.  French,  R.  C.  Richardson,  A.  T. 
Wheelock,  F.  H.  Robinson,  J.  F.  Carey,  J,  W. 
McEnany,  S.  Wolfson ;  house  committee, 
C.  L.  Young,  chairman,  S.  W.  Wales,  Jr., 
Percy  Blaney,  Dr.  R.  W.  P.alkam,  J.  N. 
Terry :  membership  committee.  Nelson 
Pierce,  chairman,  E.  P.  Denn,  H.  P.  Gallup, 
E.  B.  .Swett;  finance  committee,  D.  Eilers, 
chairman,  T.  A.  Swett,  C.  H.  Morse,  C.  M. 
Mandell,  C.  C.  Blaney ;  clerk,  E.  G.  Richard- 
son. 

The  most  successful  ladies'  night  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  club  up  to  that  time  was  held  in 
President  D'Arc^•'s  administration.  It  was 
held  at  the  Women's  Clubhouse,  and  so  many 
were  present,  that  commodious  as  the  quar- 
ters are,  the  rooms  were  almost  filled  to  over- 
flowing. After  the  dinner,  which  was  to  all 
purposes  a  banquet,  was  an  elaborate  enter- 
tainment followed  by  dancing. 

Through  the  remainder  of  the  Winter 
months,  there  were  several  gander  parties  held 
at  the  club  rooms,  and,  in  December,  was  held 
the  annual  banquet  at  the  Quincy  House. 

President  D'Arcy's  term  in  office  has  always 
been  looked  back  to  by  members  of  the  club 
as  the  leading  year  in  social  prominence  of  the 
organization. 

The  Franklin  Field  Speedway  remained  just 
as  popular  as  ever,  each  of  the  Saturdays, 
when  weather  permitted,  the  racing  was  very 
interesting  with  a  very  large  attendance  at 
these  weeklv  meetings. 


SEASON  Ot   1907 


\\'alter  E.  Newbert  was  the  choice  of  the 
club  when  the  votes  were  counted  for  presi- 
dent, and,  in  securing  this  member  to  fill  the 
honored  position,  the  club  rewarded  the  hard- 
est worker  it  had  for  the  welfare  of  the  organ- 
ization. Both  day  and  night  President  New- 
bert worked  in  securing  new  members,  the 
club  increasing  its  membership  more  during 
his  administration  than  it  did  during  any  other 
period  in  its  career.  The  complete  list  of  offi- 
cers for  the  ensuing  year  was  as  follows : 

President,  W.  E.  Newbert ;  first  vice-presi- 
dent, E.   O.   Haddock;  second  vice-president. 


D.  liilers  ;  secretary,  Ci.  ii.  Grccnwond,  treas- 
urer, R.  S.  Fitch;  directors,  H.  P.  (iallup,  E. 
B.  Swett,  C.  H.  Morse,  S.  W.  Wales,  Jr., 
A.  T.  Wheelock ;  racing  and  speedway  com- 
mittee,   1.    E.    Swendeman,   chairman,    A.    M. 


GEORGE   W.   D'ARCY 
President  1905 

Newbert,  W.  P.  Boutelle,  F.  S.  Eldredge,  P. 
C.  Blaney,  E.  S.  Harris..  F.  Yi.  Bellows,  A.  H. 
Fitch,  J.  W.  Linnehan,  A.  S.  Gushee,  R.  C. 
Richardson,  W.  J.  Fitzgerald,  R.  G.  Crosby, 
J.  S.  Rockwell,  F.  W.  Hamlin ;  finance  com- 
mittee, C.  C.  Blaney,  chairman,  A.  Fellows, 
W.  M.  Brummett.  G.  A.  French,  J.  W.  Mc- 
Enany ;  membership  committee,  E.  P.  Denn, 
chairman,  E.  H.  Morse,  A.  H.  Keeler,  C.  E. 
Devereaux,  W.  J.  Estabrook;  house  commit- 
tee, C.  L.  Young,  chairman,  H.  C.  Thayer,  J. 
W.  Mahonev,  C.  G.  Richler,  Chas.  Patterson, 
W.  A.  Marsh,  E.  W.  Berrigan ;  clerk,  E.  G. 
Richardson. 

There  was  the  annual  ladies'  night  in  the  lat- 
ter months  of  the  Winter  as  well  as  several 
,s;-ander  parties  held  in  the  clubrooms,  and,  on 
December  5  was  held  the  annual  banquet  at 
the  Quincy  House. 

Past  President  Gushee  was  toastmaster  at 
the  banquet  at  which  250  members  and  their 
guests  attended.  The  visitors  from  the  Lynn 
Driving  Club  devoted  considerable  of  their 
attention  in  their  after-dinner  addresses 
to  the  defeats  their  club  had  adminis- 
tered to  the  Dorchesters  in  the  interclub  meets 
of  the  past  season. 


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President  Newbert,  in  speaking  of  the  suc- 
cess of  the  club,  stated  that  the  present  stand- 
ing had  only  been  attained  by  the  hardest  and 
most  faithful  work  on  the  part  of  the  mem- 
bers.     While   the   club   has   one   of   the   best 


WALTER   E.    NEWBERT 
President    19U7-1908 

quarter-mile  tracks  in  the  country,  yet  he  was 
working  hard,  in  the  interests  of  the  people 
who  enjoyed  the  sport,  to  have  built,  the  com- 
ing year,  a  grandstand  at  the  speedway. 

Ex-president  Fred  J.  Brand  stated  that  it 
was  his  opinion  that  the  club  would  at  no  dis- 
tant day  own  a  clubhouse  of  its  own  near  the 
speedway  and  that  plans  to  that  effect  were 
being  made. 

One  of  the  particular  features  of  the  even- 
ing was  the  presentation  to  Mollis  P.  Gallup, 
by  the  club,  of  a  watch-chain  and  charm.  A'Ir. 
Gallup  had  done  more  to  increase  the  club's 
membership  than  any  other  member.  In  re- 
sponse Mr.  Gallup  said  that  he  had  never 
found  it  hard  to  sell  goods  when  full  value 
could  be  given  in  return. 

On  the  speedway  that  year  matters  were 
kept  going  at  top  speed  in  the  number  of  races 


started  and  horses  entered.  The  club,  too, 
took  part  in  a  series  of  interclub  meets  with 
Lynn,  and,  while  the  latter  came  off  the  vic- 
tors, yet  there  was  the  best  of  good  feeling  on 
the  part  of  both   contestants. 


SEASON  OF  1908 


Matters  with  the  club  had  flourished  so  un- 
der the  first  year  of  President  Newbert  that  he 
was  re-elected  by  a  very  large  majority,  the 
following  being  the  complete  list  of  officials: 

President,  W.  E.  Newbert ;  first  vice-presi- 
dent, E.  O.  Haddock ;  second  vice-president, 
D.  Eilers :  secretary,  G.  H.  Greenwood ;  treas- 
urer, R.  S.  Fitch ;  directors,  H.  P.  Gallup,  F, 
O.  Guild,  J.  W.  Linnehan,  F.  H.  Bellows.  A. 
M.  Johnson ;  racing  and  speedway  committee, 
F.  W.  Hamlin,  chairman,  E.  H.  Morse,  A.  M. 
Newbert,  F.  S.  Eldredge,  E.  S.  Harris,  A.  T. 
Wheelock,  A.  H.  Keeler,  A.  S.  Gushee,  J.  E. 
Swendeman,  W.  P.  Boutelle,  P.  C.  Blaney,  E. 
B.  Swett,  J.  N.  Terry,  R.  C.  Richardson,  W.  J. 
Fitzgerald ;  membership  committee,  C.  E.  Dev- 
ereaux,  chairman,  C.  W.  Patterson,  L.  E. 
Mirram,  L.  Nelson,  E.  P.  Denn,  A.  M.  Cain, 
W.  J.  Bates,  A.  Briggs;  finance  committee,  A. 
Fellows,  chairman,  G.  A.  French,  J.  W.  Mc- 
Enany,  C.  T.  Greenwood,  H.  C.  Thayer,  L. 
Tewhart.  P.  O'Hearn,  A.  J.  Furbush,  Geo. 
Johnson,  Geo.  Leonard;  house  committee,  C. 
L.  Young,  chairman,  J.  N.  Terry,  T.  A.  Wins- 
loe,  M.  ^F.  Maher,  H.  E.  6'Neil,  W.  C. 
Hawkes,  E.  W.  Berrigan,  H.  Graham,  L.  Mar- 
tin, A.  F.  Spencer;  clerk,  E.  G.  Richardson. 

There  were  the  usual  ladies'  night  and  many 
gander  parties  in  the  clubroom,  and  on  Decem- 
ber 9  was  held  the  annual  banquet  at  the 
Quincy  House.  Among,  the  speakers  were 
Mayor  Hibbard,  President  Brooks  of  the  Fells- 
way  Club,  Frank  J.  Babbitt,  president  of  the 
Lynn  Club ;  C.  J.  Brown,  president  of  the  At- 
tleboro  Club ;  Levi  Lord,  president  of  the 
Hamilton  Club;  J.  W.  Brown,  president  of 
the  Brockton  Club;  T.  Lee  Ouimby,  of  the 
Gentlemen's  Driving  Club  of  Boston,  and 
A.  H.  Jewett,  of  the  Ouannapowitt  Club. 

In  the  after-dinner  addresses,  the  speakers 
were  enthusiastic  that  the  driving  clubs  of 
New  England  form  an  organization  for  the 
purpose  of  promoting  the  sport.  The  handicap 
system  of  racing  was  also  given  a  good  word 
by  President  Babbitt  of  the  Lynn  Club,  who 
thought  the  plan  should  be  adopted  by  all  the 
driving  clubs. 


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17 


On  the  speedway,  the  year  was  made  more     Newbert,  chairman  of  the  entertainment  com- 


prominent  than  some  of  the  preceding  ones. 
The  grandstand  promised  by  the  city  had 
been  completed  and  was  much  appreciated  by 
the  members  and  their  lady  friends,  while  the 
important  racing  event  was  between  the  Lynn 
and  Dorchester  horses,  and  a  grand  field  day 
was  held  between  these  two  clubs. 


SEASON  OF  1909 


As  the  result  of  the  election  this  j'ear,  John 
W.  Linnehan  was  elected  president  by  a  big 
margin,  and,  during  his  career  in  the  executive 
chair,  the  club  continued  in  very  prosperous 
condition.  The  list  of  officers  for  the  year 
was : 

President,  J-  ^^  ■  Linnehan  ;  first  vice-presi- 
dent, A.  M.  Johnson ;  second  vice-president, 
W.  P.  Boutelle;  secretary,  Geo.  H.  Green- 
wood; treasurer,  R.  S.  Fitch;  directors,  H.  P. 
Gallup,  R.  G.  Crosby,  F.  W.  Hamlin,  A.  M. 
Newbert,  W.  M.  Brummett ;  racing  and  speed- 
way committee,  F.  W.  Hamlin,  chairman,  A. 
H.Keeler,  E.  H.  Morse,  A.  S.  Gushee,  F.  H. 
Bellows,  L.  A.  Bean,  L.  Tewhart,  A.  Fellows, 
A.  T.  Wheelock,  W.  T-  Fitzgerald,  W.  E. 
Newbert,  E.  O.  Haddock,  P.  C.  Blaney,  J.  H. 
Coakley,  R.  C.  Richardson,  T.  A.  Winsloe, 
A.-  J.  Furbush ;  finance  committee,  C.  T. 
Greenwood,  chairman,  H.  Buchner,  T.  E. 
Henderson,  D.  E.  Page,  E.  L.  Goodnow^  A. 
Ripley,  F.  S.  Eldredge,  T.  F.  Cannon,  John 
Spiers,  A.  J.  Legg  and  C.  C.  Blaney ;  mem- 
bership committee,  E.  S.  Harris,  chairman, 
E.  A.  Fuller,  D.  Filers,  J.  N.  Terry,  E.  J. 
Norris,  W.  H.  Bennett,  T-  W.  McEnany, 
M.  F.  Maher,  T.  J.  Griffin^^  Geo.  E.  Griffin, 
J.  H.  Casey.  H.  P.  Gallup  and  C.  S.  Coffin; 
house  committee,  C.  L.  Young,  chairman, 
W.  P.  Boutelle,  A.  M.  Cain,  Chas.  Patterson, 
J.  A  Graham,  A.  M.  Brown,  W.  J.  Bates, 
J.  Murphy,  S.  Bradford,  L.  Nelson  and  B.  F. 
Tuttle ;  clerk,  E.  G.  Richardson. 

The  social  afifairs  of  the  club  were  equal  to 
any,  particularly  the  ladies'  night  and  the  an- 
nual banquet  held  on  December  8  at  the 
Quincy  House.  Two  hundred  and  fifty  en- 
thusiastic light  harness  horse  owners  and  road 
drivers  participated  in  the  seventh  annual 
dinner.  Among  those  present  were  representa- 
tives f.rom  almost  all  of  the  driving  clubs 
around  Boston,  as  well  as  from  the  Speedway 
Club  of  Worcester. 

President    Linnehan    introduced   Walter    E. 


mittee,  as  toastmaster.  The  first  speaker  was 
President  Brand  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen, 
then  acting  as  Mayor  of  Boston  in  Mayor 
Hibliard's   absence.     He   went   into   the   early 


J.   W.  LINNEHAN 
President   1909 

history  of  the  club,  with  which  he  was  so  fa- 
miliar, having  filled  the  position  of  president. 
Ex-Mayor  Fitzgerald  was  enthusiastically 
greeted  as  he  entered  the  banquet  hall,  and 
in  his  brief  address  spoke  of  equality  and  hu- 
manity as  two  essentials  both  in  civic  and 
private  life.  "The  city  of  Boston."'  said  Mr. 
Fitzgerald,  "instead  of  being  conducted  as  a 
stricdy  business  institution  should  be  man- 
aged in  the  lines  of  a  very  philanthropic  in- 
stitution." 

Senator  E.  A.  Cowee,  president  of  the 
Speedway  Club  of  Worcester,  brought  the 
greetings  of  the  Worcester  horsemen  to  their 
Dorchester  and  Boston  brethren.  Frank  E. 
Morrison,  secretary  of  the  Fellsway  Driving 
Club,  President  Babbitt  of  the  Gentlemen's 
Driving  Club  of  Lynn,  Fred  C.  Garmon, 
chairman  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Met- 


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The  Driving  Clubs  of  Greater  Boston 


ropolitan  Driving  Club,  and  E.  Mark  Sullivan, 
assistant  United  States  District  Attorney, 
were  among  the  speakers. 

Besides  the  regular  Saturday  and  holiday 
matinees  at  Franklin  Field  Speedway,  there 
were    held,    during    the    Summer    months,    a 


SEASON  OF  1910 


Mayor  Fitzgerald   Leading  Parade  at  Dedication 
of  the  Half-mile  Speedway  on  Franklin  Field 


grand  interclub  series  of  meets  between  Dor- 
chester, Fellsway,  Lynn  and  Quannapowitt, 
each  of  these  clubs  meeting  in  the  races,  that 
were  decided  at  Combination  Park,  Medford, 
Rockdale  Park,  Peabody,  the  Reading- 
Wakefield  track,  and  the  last  session  back- 
again  at  Combination.  As  the  result  of  this 
grand  contest,  the  large  silver  cup  was  won 
by  the  Dorchester  Driving  Club,  and  placed 
with  all  honor  in  the  private  office  of  the  club. 

President  Linnehan,  in  summing  up  the 
grand  success  of  the  Dorchester  Club  in  win- 
ning this  trophy,  gave  great  credit  to  Frank 
Hamlin,  the  chairman  of  the  racing  commit- 
tee, who  worked  early  and  late  getting  the 
members  to  enter  and  start  their  horses  in  the 
several  races,  and  in  this  way  was  Dorchester 
so  well  and  strongly  represented  that  it  car- 
ried away  the  cup. 

Previous  to  the  big  interclub  meets,  the 
Fellsway  and  Dorchester  Clubs  had  a  sort  of 
introductory  dash  on  June  17  at  Combination 
Park,  which  resulted  in  the  defeat  of  the 
Fellsway  Club  by  the  very  close  score  of  '^'] 
points  for  Dorchester,  to  76  1-2  points  for  the 
Fellsway.  This  was  the  closest  interclub  meet 
ever  held  in  the  history  of  driving  clubs  in 
New  England.  Of  the  18  events  on  the  card 
that  day,  the  Dorchester  Club  won   10. 


A.  M.  Johnson,  who  had  been  strongly 
identified  with  the  club  since  its  inception 
both  in  filling  offices  and  by  racing  on  the 
speedway,  was  elected  president,  the  full 
ticket  for  the  ensuing  year  being  as  follows : 

President,  A.  M.  Johnson;  first  vice-presi- 
W.  P.  Boutelle;  second  vice-president,  F.  W. 
Hamlin;  secretary,  Geo.  H.  Greenwood; 
treasurer,  A.  Fellows ;  directors,  A.  T.  Wheel- 
ock,  J.  W.  Coakley,  F.  W.  Guild,  M.  McDer- 
mott,  John  Spiers ;  racing  and  speedway  com- 
mittee, A.  H.  Keeler,  chairman,  L.  Tewhart, 
R.  G.  Crosby,  A.  Fellows,  E.  L.  Hopkins, 
F.  H.  Bellows,  A.  C.  Maher,  L.  A.  Bean,  D.  E. 
I'ag-e,  E.  H.  Morse,  J.  W.  Coakley,  F.  S.  El- 
dredge,  and  T.  J.  Griffin ;  membership  com- 
mittee, H.  P.  Gallup,  chairman,  J.  Dunn,  E.  S. 
Harris,  A.  M.  Cain,  E.  P.  Denn,  H.  Buchner, 
F.  M.  Bleiler,  E.  J.  Norris,  M.  McDermott, 
A.  Kaan  and  W.  J.  Bates ;  house  committee,  S. 
Bradford,  chairman,  J-  A.  Graham,  A.  H. 
Paul,  B.  F.  Tuttle,  F."  F.  Cannon  and  W.  P. 
Boutelle ;  finance  committee,  C.  T.  Green- 
wood, chairman,  T,  E.  Henderson;  clerk, 
John  H.  Buckley. 

The  eighth  annual  banquet  of  the  club  was 
held  at  the  Quincy  House,  on  December  6, 
with  200  members  and  invited  guests  presenr. 


Mayor  Fitzgerald  Winning  with  Ralph  Wick 
on  Dorchester  Day  in  1912.     Time  1:06 


The  leading  speaker  of  the  evening  was  Coun- 
cillor F.  J.  Brand,  who  characteristically 
termed  the  evening  the  club's  annual  free-for- 
all.  The  speaking  was  interspersed  with  mu- 
sic, and  a  number  of  capital  stories  with  re- 
marks upon  matinee  racing  and  what  it  was 


The  Driving  Clubs  of  Greater  Boston 


19 


purposed  to  accomplish  during  the  coming 
season. 

Among  those  who  spoke  were  F.  C.  Gar- 
mon,  president  of  the  MetropoH'tan  Driving 
Ckib,  Daniel  Paine  of  the  Fellsway  Driving 
Club,  Harry  C.  Thayer,  president  of  the  Old 
Colony  Driving  Club,  and  Councillor  T.  J. 
Buckley,  whose  interest  in  behalf  of  the 
Franklin  Field  Speedway  had  given  him  a 
place  upon  the  club's  honorary  membership 
list. 

During  the  year  there  were  strenuous  efforts 
made  in  securing  an  appropriation  from  the 
City  of  Boston  in  extending  the  Franklin 
Field  Speedwa}'  from  a  quarter  of  a  mile  in 
length  to  that  of  one-half  a  mile.  By  hard 
work  "from  President  Johnson  and  his  com- 
mittee this  was  finally  accomplished,  and 
work  upon  the  course  was  begun  the  middle 
of  Jul}^,  and  at  odd  times  continued  until  the 
frost  put  a  stop  to  operations  that  Fall. 

Of  the  principal  events  on  the  speedway 
was  the  race  in  July  between  Charley  King, 
owned  by  A.  T.  Wheelock,  and  Cascade,  the 
property  of  T.  J.  Griffin.  These  two  crack 
pacers  not  only  fought  it  out  to  the  bitter  end, 
but  each  lowered  the  previous  track  record  to 
29  seconds.  The  complete  summary  of  this 
race  is  appended. 

Franklin  Field  Speedway,  July   i,   1910. — Class  A, 
pacing. 
Charley  King,  blk.  g.  (A.  T.  Wheelock)     i     i     2     i 

Cascade,  br.  g.   (T.  J.  Griffin) 2     2     i     2 

Time — 31  1-4S.,  30s.,  29s.,  2gs. 


SEASON  OF  1911 


President  Johnson  was  re-elected  for  an- 
other year,  and  the  following  shows  the 
complete  list  of  officers:  President,  A.  M. 
Johnson;  first  vice-president,  F.  W.  Hamlin; 
second  vice-president,  R.  G.  Crosby;  secre- 
tary, Geo.  H.  Greenwood ;  treasurer,  A.  Fel- 
lows;  clerk,  John  H.  Buckley;  directors,  H. 
Buchner,  W.  J.  Fitzgerald,  P.  O'Hearn,  A.  T. 
Wheelock  and  W.  H.  Young;  racing  and 
speedway  committee,  F.  W.  Hamlin,  chair- 
man, L.  A.  Bean,  E.  H.  Morse,  J.  W.  Coak- 
ley,  T.  J.  Griffin,  M.  McDermott,  C.  Carroll, 
F.  W.  Clark,  J.  R.  Fraser,  A.  G.  Tileston, 
J.  P.  McDonald,  R.  Ward,  J.  MacDonnell, 
M.  D.,  R  G.  Crosby,  A.  H.  Keeler,  F.  S.  El- 
dredge,  F.  H.  Bellows,  D.  M.  Spinney,  A.  S. 
Gushee,  W.  J.  Fitzgerald,  H.  P.  Gallup,  H.  B. 
Flanders,  S.  W.  Wales  and  G.  O.  Goudey; 
membership  committee,  A.  Fellows,  chairman! 
J.  A.  Sherlock,  C.  M.  Durland,  J.  W.  Burns! 


Dr.  VV.  H.  Sawyer,  E.  P.  Denn  and  J.  F. 
Carey;  finance  committee,  H.  P.  Gallup, 
chairman,  G.  E.  Griffin ;  house  committee, 
W.  P.  Boutelle,  chairman,  S.  Bradford,  J.  A. 
Graham,  B.  F.  Tuttle  and  T.  F.  Cannon. 

The  ninth  annual  banquet  was  held  at  the 
Quincy  House,  in  December,  and,  like  the 
previous  ones,  brought  out  a  full  house,  all  of 
the    leading    members    of    the    other    driving 


A.  M.  JOHNSON 

President    1910-11-12 


clubs  being  present.  Mayor  Fitzgerald  and 
several  members  of  the  City  Council  were 
also  present. 

The  principal  event  of  this  season  was  the 
interclub  meet  between  the  Dorchester  and 
Springfield  Clubs,  Dorchester  going  to  Spring- 
field. 

The  year  was  an  important  one,  inasmuch 
as  that  on  Dorchester  Day,  June  9,  was  dedi- 
cated the  new  half-mile  speedway  at  Franklin 
Field.  Mayor  Fitzgerald  was  the  guest  of 
honor,  and  showed  his  versatilit)^  by  driving 
the  fast  trotter,  Ralph  .Wick,  2:13  1-4,  owned 
by  President  Johnson,  the  half-mile  in   i  :o6, 


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The  Driving  Clubs  of  Greater  Boston 


which  was  considered  fast  for  the  new  track. 
The  Mayor  looked  for  all  the  world  like  a 
Grand  Circuit  pilot,  and  amply  proved  that  he 
was  no  novice  in  driving  the  trotter.  After 
the  feat.  Councillor  Collins  made  a  brief 
speech    of    introduction    and    presented    the 


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Mayor  Fitzgerald  Receiving  Prize  Cup  from 

Councillor  Collins  for  Winning  Race 

with  Ralph  Wick 

Mayor  with  a  solid  silver  cup  for  winning 
the  race.  Then  Mayor  Fitzgerald  dedicated 
the  track  by  a  short  speech  and  singing 
"Sweet  Adeline."  Over  15,000  persons  were 
at  the  speedway  at  the  dedicatory  opening. 
Following  is  the  summary  of  the  race  won  by 
the  Mayor,  and  the  first  event  decided  over 
the  new  speedway : 

Franklin    Field    Speedway,   June   9,    191 1. — Special 
race   (solid  silver  cup) 

Ralph  Wick,  br.  g.   (Mayor  J.  F.  Fitzgerald) i 

Camello,    blk.   g.    (M.    McDermott)    2 

Bonnie  Patchen,  bl.  g.    (H,   Buchner)    3 

Baron  Patch,  b.  g.  (W.  J.  Fitzgerald) 4 

Time — i  :o6. 

On  June  30  the  track  record  was  lowered 
to  I  :02  1-4  by  Camello,  owned  and  driven  by 
M.  McDermott,  defeating  Ralph  AVick,  Presi- 
dent Johnson's  trotter,  the  last  heat  being  in 
1:02  1-4.    The  summary: 

Franklin  Field  Speedway,  June  30,  191 1. — Class  E. 
trot. 

Camello,  blk.  g.   (M.  McDermotO i     i 

Ralph  Wick,  b.  g.   (A,  M.  Johnson) 2     2 

Time — I  :03,  i  :o2  1-4. 

One  week  later  the  trotting  record  of  the 
course  received  another  dent,  this  time  it  be- 
ing Ralph  Wick,  President  Johnson's  speedy 
trotter,  defeating  Camello,  and  reducing  the 
record  to  i  :oi.  It  was  a  peculiar  fact,  but 
the  mark  set  by  Ralph  Wick    was  one-half  a 


second  faster  than  the  record  for  pacers  over 
the  speedway  held  by  Easter  Direct,  owned  by 
T.  J.  Griffin,  and  made  on  June  17.  The  sum- 
mary : 

Franklin  Field  Speedway,  July  7,   1911. — Class   A, 
trot. 

Ralph  Wick,  b.  g.   (A.  M.  Johnson) i     I 

Camello,  blk.  g.  (M.  McDermott) 2    2 

Time — i  :oi,  i  :03  1-4. 

An  unusual  feature  of  the  matinees  of  that 
season  happened  on  August  18,  when  Miss 
Edith  M.  Gushee,  a  Boston  school  teacher, 
drove  Manila  Boy  in  a  special  heat  against 
Cracker  Boy,  the  latter  driven  by  her  father, 
A.  S.  Gushee.  Miss  Gushee  held  the  reins 
like  an  old-timer,  and  passing  under  the  wire 
>he  plied  the  whip  to  defeat  Cracker  Boy, 
which  she  did  by  a  length  in  i  :o5  1-2.  Miss 
(jushee  was  a  thorough  horsewoman  and  had 
been  desirous  of  driving  for  some  time,  but 
the  officials  of  the  club  had  refused,  up  to 
that  time,  to  permit  a  woman  to  drive  in  races. 


SEASON  OF  1912 


President  Johnson  was  re-elected  to  office 
for  the  third  term.  It  was  a  complete  distinc- 
tion for  him  to  occupy  that  position  three 
years,  as  he  was  the  only  man  since  the  incep- 
tion of  the  club  in  1899,  th^^^  ^^^  been  so 
honored.  Following  is  the  complete  list  of 
officers  for  the  year : 

President,  A.  M.  Johnson ;  first  vice-presi- 
dent, F.  W.  Hamlin ;  second  vice-president, 
P.  O'Hearn;  secretary,  Geo.  H.  Greenwood; 
treasurer,  A.  Fellows ;  clerk,  John  H.  Buck- 
ley; directors,  D.  M.  Spinney,  C.  M.  Warren, 
W.  H.  Young,  T.  J.  Griffin,  E.  O.  Haddock; 
racing  and  speedway  committee,  A.  S.  Gushee, 
chairman,  J.  A.  Anderson,  A.  W.  Staples,  M. 
McDermott,  P.  O'Hearn,  D.  M.  Spinnev, 
T.  F.  Griffin,  C.  Carroll,  H.  M.  Minkler,  W.  E. 
Wells,  J.  W.  Coakley,  A.  H.  Keeler,  C.  M. 
Warren,  R.  G.  Crosby,  W.  J.  Fitzgerald,  O.  E. 
Linscott,  G.  O.  Goudey,  H.  Graham,  E.  F. 
Powers,  W.  H.  Sawyer,  J.  O.  Reay,  C.  C. 
Blaney,  H.  P.  Gallup,  W.  H.  Young;  finance 
committee,  A.  S.  Gushee,  chairman,  C.  M. 
Warren  ;  membership  committee,  E.  O.  Had- 
dock, H.  P.  Gallup,  A.  V.  Staples,  D.  M. 
Biggs,  A.  G.  Tileston,  H.  Buchner,  R.  Mager, 
A.  Briggs,  F.  H.  Bellows  and  E.  P.  Denn ; 
house  committee,  J.  T.  Willard,  chairman, 
J.  W.  Burns,  J.  P.  McDonald,  C.  Starrett,  S. 
Bradford,  J.  A.  Graham,  Wm.  Douse,  J.  Mc- 
Grav. 


RALPH  WICK,  2:13  1-4 

Winner  of  More  Races  Over  Half-mile  Tracks  than  Any  Other  Trotter  in  the  World,  and  the 

First  Trotter  to  Win  a  Heat  in  1:01  at  the  Franklin  Field  Speedway 

Owned  by  A.  M.  Johnson 


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The  Driving  Clubs  of  Greater  Boston 


The  club  was  thrown  into  deep  grief  by  the 
death  of  Frederick  J.  Brand,  who  passed 
away  on  March  12.  His  was  the  initial  break 
in  the  line  of  the  club's  executives,  and  it  was, 
indeed,  a  great  shock  to  the  members  in  re- 
alizing that  one  in  the  prime  of  manhood 
could  be  so  quickly  cut  ofif. 

Mr.  Brand  was  one  of  the  charter  members 
of  the  Dorchester  Gentlemen's  Driving  Club, 
being  on  the  first  board  of  directors.  The 
years  of  1900  and  1901  he  served  the  club  in 
the  position  of  clerk,  and  in  1903-4  he  was 
president,  these  being  the  years  of  the  con- 
struction of  Franklin  Field  Speedway. 

Politically,  Mr.  Brand  was  a  power  in  the 
city  of  Boston.  He  was  president  of  the 
Board  of  Aldermen  in  1909,  and  acting  Mayor 
in  the  absence  of  Mayor  Hibbard. 

The  social  events  of  the  year  were  the  stag 
parties  at  the  clubhouse  and  the  tenth  annual 
banquet  at  the  Quincy  House. 

The  season  was  an  eventful  one  on  the 
speedway,  the  first  of  importance  being  the 
equaling  of  the  trotting  record  of  i  :oi,  held 
by  Ralph  Wick,  by  the  noted  gelding.  Nut 
Boy,  owned  and  driven  by  P.  O'Hearn.  This 
occurred  on  May  18,  when  the  gelding  was 
matched  against  Earl  King,  defeating  him  in 
straight  heats,  the  times  of  which  were  i  :oi 
and  I  :oi  1-2.  The  time  was  the  best  for  two 
consecutive  heats  ever  made  by  a  trotter.  The 
summary : 

Franklin  Field  Speedway,  May  18,  1912. — Class  A, 
trot. 

Nut  Boy,  b.  g.    (P.  O'Hearn) i     i 

Earl  King,  b.  g.  (H.  P.  Gallup) 2    2 

Time — i  :oi,  i.oi  1-2. 

In  the  matinee  held  on  September  7,  the 
record  for  the  speedway  by  pacers  was  re- 
duced to  I  :oo  flat  by  Manila  Boy,  owned  and 
driven  by  A.  S.  Gushee,  he  winning  the  first 
heat  in  a  race  against  Charley  King.  Though 
gaining  honor  in  establishing  the  new  record, 
yet  Manila  Boy  was  defeated  in  the  race  by 
his  opponent,  who  gathered  in  the  next  two 
heats.   The  summary : 

Franklin  Field  Speedway,  Sept.  7,  1912. — Class  A, 
pace. 
Charley  King,  bik,  g,   (A.  T.  Wheelock)  ..211 

Manila  Boy,  b.  g.   (A.  S.  Gushee) i     2     2 

Time — i  :oo,  i  104  1-4,  i  105  1-4. 


SEASON  OF  1913 


Riley  G.  Crosby,  who  had  been  very  promi- 
nent in  the  affairs  of  the  club,  particularly  in 


the  racing  end,  he  having  owned  more  horses 
and  contested  in  more  matinees  than  any  other 
member  of  the  club,  was  one  of  the  candidates 
for  the  office  of  president.  Mr.  Crosby  had 
filled  the  position  of  second  vice-president  in 
President  Johnson's  second  term  of  office,  and 
for  an  extended  period  had  been  on  the  board 
of  directors  and  a  strong  factor  in  the  racing 
committee. 

Opposing  him  was  Frank  Hamlin,  who  had 
been  first  vice-president  under  A.  M.  John- 
son's administration.  Mr.  Hamlin,  since  the 
early  days  of  the  club,  had  been  an  earnest 
and  faithful  worker,  having  served  on  the 
racing  and  other  committees.  In  the  campaign 
the  admirers  of  Mr.  Hamlin  brought  out  the 
fact  of  his  having  been  the  real  factor  in  the 
club  winning  the  large  and  elegant  silver 
trophy,  in  1909,  at  the  big  interclub  series  of 
meets.  Also,  how  he  had  raced  horses  and 
had,  to  a  large  extent,  induced  others  in  buy- 
ing speed  and  competing  in  the  matinees. 

When  it  came  to  the  vote,  Mr.  Crosby  re- 
ceived the  majority  cast,  and  was  duly  elected 
to  the  position  for  the  ensuing  year,  with  the 
following  list  of  officials : 

President,  R.  G.  Crosby;  first  vice-presi- 
dent, P.  O'Hearn;  second  vice-president, 
W.  H.  Young;  secretary,  Geo.  H.  Green- 
wood; treasurer,  A.  Fellows;  clerk,  John  A. 
Anderson;  director;;,  F.  H.  Bellows,  M.  Mc- 
Dermott,  F.  S.  Eldredge,  A.  T.  Wheelock  and 
D.  M.  Biggs ;  membership  committee,  E.  P. 
Denn,  chairman,  T.  H.  Clements,  D.  F.  Doyle, 

A.  Ripley,  Chas.  Starrett  and  J.  A.  Tilley; 
house  committee,  J.  T.  Willard,  chairman,  J. 
McGray,  J.  A.  Graham,  Chas.  Starrett  and 
J.  W.  Burns;  finance  committee,.  C.  M.  War- 
ren, chairman,  and  Geo.  E.  Griffin ;  racing  and 
speedway  committee,  W.  J.  Fitzgerald,  chair- 
man, A.  H.  Keeler,  A.  Briggs,  J.  W.  Burns, 
J.  H.  Burns,  J.  W.  Biggs,  F.  W.  Calash,  J. 

B.  Chadbourne,  C.  M.  Durland,  H.  P.  Gal- 
lup, H.  Graham,  G.  O.  Goudey,  H.  J.  Har- 
ris, F.  W.  Hamlin,  E.  O.  Haddock,  O.  E. 
Linscott,  T.  F.  Robie,  W.  H.  Sawyer, 
W.  H.  Young,  A.  C.  Tileston,  R.  Ward,  C.  R. 
Young,  O.  C.  Charles,  M.  McDermott,  J-  Mc- 
Gray, R.  DeVoe,  A.  S.  Gushee,  F.  H.  Bel- 
lows, W.  E.  Newbert,  J.  A.  Anderson,  E.  H. 
Morse  and  P.  B.  Shaw. 

The  social  features  of  the  year  were  the 
several  stag  parties  held  in  the  clubhouse  and 
the  annual  banquet  at  the  Quincy  House. 
President  Crosby  introduced  ex-President 
Johnson     as     toastmaster     for     the     evening. 


The  Driving  Clubs  of  Greater  Boston 


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Among  the  guests  were  President  (i.  Pray 
Smith  of  the  Metropolitan  Club,  President 
G.  A.  Law  of  the  Fellsway  Club,  and  Presi- 
dent H.  A.  Bracket!  of  the  Quannapowitt 
Club.  In  the  after-dinner  speaking  the  matter 
generally  discussed  was  that  the  members  of 
all  the  driving  clubs  should  become  better  ac- 
quainted and  there  should  be  more  occasions 
offered  where  all  of  the  clubs  would  meet  and 
in  this  way  the  social  part  of  the  organization 
be  extended.  Many  of  the  speakers  believed 
that  the  future  depended  a  great  deal  on  the 
sociability  of  the  different  clubs. 

There  was  much  rejoicing  on  the  part  of 
the  members  in  the  racing  at  Franklin  Park 
Speedway,  especially  the  ladies,  on  the  city 
putting  a  roof  on  the  grandstand.  This  was 
appreciated,  particularly  on  the  hot  days  of 
the  Summer  months. 

There  was  interclub  racing  during  the  sea- 
son. A  big  program  had  been  arranged  for 
Dorchester  Day,  twenty-two  horses  coming 
over  from  the  Fellsway  Club  to  participate  in 
the  interclub  events,  but  it  proved  such  a  bad, 
rainy  day  that  there  was  no  opportunity  for 
racing  and  the  program  had  to  be  declared  oft'. 
On  May  30,  in  the  interclub  meet  with  Fells- 
way, the  latter  won  the  most  points,  and  in 
the  return  meet  between  these  clubs,  held  on 
Labor  Day,  Dorchester  was  victorious,  this 
making  the  honors  even  between  the  two 
clubs. 


SEASON  OF  1914 


At  the  annual  meeting  and  election  of  the 
club  in  January,  President  Crosby  was  re- 
elected to  serve  his  second  term  in  office,  the 
following  being  the  complete  ticket  selected 
for  the  ensuing  year : 

President,  R.  G.  Crosby ;  first  vice-presi- 
dent, P.  O'Hearn;  second  vice-president, 
D.  M.  Biggs;  secretary,  G.  H.  Green- 
wood ;  treasurer,  A.  Fellows ;  clerk,  John  A. 
Anderson ;  directors,  J.  W.  Biggs,  J.  H. 
Burns,  A.  Briggs,  J.  Dunn,  S.  R.  Carey;  rac- 
ing and  speedway  committee.  W.  J.  Fitzger- 
ald, chairman,  J.  F.  Robie,  E.  O.  Haddock, 
A.  H.  Keeler,  J.  W.  Biggs,  A.  T.  Wheelock, 
O.  C.  Charles,  A.  S.  Gushee,  J.  W.  Burns, 
T.  J.  Clements,  F.  S.  Eldredge,  H.  Graham, 

C.  R.  Young,  M.  McDermott,  W.  H.  Minton, 
S.  R.  Carey,  A.  Briggs,  J.  Dunn,  T.  J.  Griffin, 

D.  M.  Spinney,  A.  M.  Johnson,  J.  H.  Burns, 
P.  O'Hearn,  R.  Ward,"  H.    P.    Gallup,  Wm. 


Douse,  M.  Green,  and  D.  M.  Biggs;  member- 
ship committee,  W.  H.  Young,  chairman,  F. 
G.  Potter,  Lee  Raymond,  C.  M.  Durland ; 
house  committee,  J.  T.  Willard,  chairman,  J. 
A.  Graham,  Chas.  Starratt,  J.  W.  Burns,  W. 
J.  Edson,  and  Roy  Ballard;  finance  commit- 
tee, G.  E.  Griffin,  chairman,  E.  F.  Powers. 


R.    G.    CROSBY 
President  191.3-1914 

An  unfortunate  occurrence  happened  in  the 
early  Summer,  when  the  grandstand  was  de- 
stroyed by  fire.  The  club  immediately  began 
work  on  the  city  government  in  securing  a 
new  one,  and  the  promises  were  readily  made 
that  by  the  opening  of  the  racing  season  of 
191 5  a  new  concrete  grandstand  would  have 
been  erected. 

For  some  time  the  members  had  complained 
that  the  speedway  was  not  in  as  good  condi- 
tion for  fast  time  as  it  should  be.  This  was 
caused  by  the  top  soil  breaking  out  in  places, 
making  the  footing  uncertain.  After  the 
speedway  had  settled  from  the  Winter  frost, 
the  city  put  its  employees  at  work  and  scraped 
off  all  of  the  old  material  from  the  surface 
and  put  on  a  new  top  soil,  which  resulted  in 


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The  Driving  Clubs  of  Greater  Boston 


its  being  the  fastest  piece  of  racing  dirt  out- 
of-doors. 

The  first  great  event  on  the  speedway  came 
on  Dorchester  Day,  June  6.  Mayor  Curley  put 
in  his  appearance  at  three  o'clock,  donned  in 
a  khaki  suit  and  jockey  cap  that  had  been 
loaned  to  him  by  Building  Commissioner 
O'Hearn.  As-  the-  Mayor  took  his  seat  in  the 
sulky  behind  Jack  Bingen,  President  Crosby's 
black  trotting  gelding,  there  were  assembled 
in  the  grandstand  and  massed  three  and  four 
deep  along  the  fence  that  separated  the  track 
from  the  field  fully  9,000  people,  while  on  the 
field  itself  were  thousands  more,  men,  women 
and-  children.  As  the  Mayor  jogged  up  the 
stretch  to  take  the  word  in  what  was  hoped 
would  terminate  in  his  reducing  the  record 
held  b)'  ex-Mayor  Fitzgerald,  of  i  :o6,  the  im- 
mense crowd  kept  up  a  constant  ovation  of 
cheering. 

Opposed  to  Mayor  Curley  and  his  Jack 
Bingen  was  Color  Bearer,  owned  by  C.  M. 
Warren  and  driven  by  P.  O'Hearn,  and  Les- 
ter W.,  owned  by  Cal  MacDonald  and  driven 
by  President  Crosby. 

When  the  word  was  given  to  this  field. 
Presiding  Judge  Horace  Harris  announced 
through  the  megaphone  that  the  Mayor  was 
coming.  "The  Mayor  leads  at  the  quarter," 
was  the  next  shout,  and  immediately  there  was 
a  great  crush  to  get  a  glimpse  of  His  Honor 
driving  his  first  horse  race.  He  drove  like  a 
veteran,  keeping  the  lead  all  the  time,  and 
won  by  a  neck  from  Color  Bearer  in  i  :o6  1-2. 

"That's  good,"  said  the  Mayor  at  the  finish. 
"I  must  try  another  heat."  He  was  joked  some 
from  the  crowd,  but  told  them  that  it  beat 
any  political  race  he  was  ever  in.  There  was 
more  applause  and  the  horses  were  off  up  the 
stretch  for  the  second  heat. 

In  place  of  Lester  W.,  who  had  been  with- 
drawn, was  Sister  Patch,  the  pacing  mare, 
owned  and  driven  by  William  H.  Young.  To 
a  good  start  the  Mayor  kept  Jack  Bingen 
busily  at  his  work  the  whole  half-mile,  and 
he  was  obliged  to  in  order  to  defeat  Sister 
Patch,  as  the  latter  was  right  at  his  throat 
latch  and  ready  to  take  the  lead  if  the  trotting 
gelding  made  the  slightest  wobble.  True  as  a 
die,  the  Mayor  had  Jack  Bingen  on  his  stride 
and  passed  the  wire  in  record-breaking  time, 
the  announcer  calling  out  1 104  1-2. 

This  started  the  immense  throng  to  wild 
cheering  and  the  band  began  playing  a  patri- 
otic selection.  City  Councillor  Walter  Collins 
stepped  forward  and  pinned  a  blue  ribbon  on 


the  Mayor,  who,  after  waving  his  jockey  cap 
to  the  spectators,  hustled  away  to  meet  his 
other  engagements  of  the  afternoon.  The 
summary : 

Franklin   Field    Speedway,   Jvine   7,    1914. — Special 
race. 
R.   G.   Crosby's   Jack   Bingen,   blk.   g.    (Mayor 

Curley)    I     i 

C.    M.    Warren's    Color    Bearer,    b.    g.     (Mr. 

O'Hearn)     2     3 

Cal  MacDonald's  Lester  W.,  b.  g.  (Mr.  Crosby)   *3 
William  H.  Young's  Sister  Patch,     b.  m.  (Mr. 

Young)    2 

Time — i  :o6  1-2,  i  104  1-2. 

*Changed  horses  in  the  second  heat. 

On  June  27  Sister  Patch,  owned  and  driven 
by  W.  H.  Young,  defeated  Charley  King  in 
straight  heats  and  tied  the  pacing  record  of 
the  track,  held  by  Manila  Boy,  at  i  :oo.  She 
won  the  second  heat  in  1:01  1-4,  thus  giving 
her  the  fastest  two  consecutive  heats  ever 
paced  over  the  speedway.    The  summary : 

Franklin  Field  Speedway,  June  27,  1914. — Class  A, 
pace. 

Sister  Patch,  b.  m.   (W.  H.  Young) I     I 

Charlej'   King,   blk.  g.    (A.   T.   Wheelock) . .     22 
Time — i  :oo,  i  :oi  1-4. 

Interclub  meets  were  held  with  the  Fells- 
way  and  Old  Colony  Clubs.  On  May  30  the 
Dorchester  boys  went  to  Combination,  and 
were  successful  in  defeating  the  Fellsways. 

Dorchester  tackled  the  Old  Colony  at  South 
Weymouth  on  July  4,  and  only  lost  the  verdict 
by  the  narrow  margin  of  two  points.  Charley 
King  was  as  reliable  as  ever,  however,  bring- 
ing home  a  victory  for  the  Dorchesters  in  his 
event,  and  turned  the  track  in  i  107  3-4  and 
I  :o7  1-4.  In  the  fast  trotting  event  President 
Crosby's  Jack  Bingen  headed  the  summary, 
defeating  Kaldar  and  Catherine  C,  two  of  the 
Old  Colony  star  trotters. 

The  second  interclub  meet  was  held  at 
South  Weymouth  on  Labor  Day,  September 
7,  and  while  the  Dorchester  horses  were  again 
defeated,  yet  they  captured  both  of  the  fast 
classes.  In  the  feature  trotting  event.  Presi- 
dent Crosby's  Jack  Bingen  defeated  Kathar- 
ine R.  and  Higgins  in  i  :o8  3-4  and  i  :09, 
while  Sister  Patch,  owned  and  driven  by 
William  H.  Young,  took  the  measure  of  Edith 
R.,  one  of  the  best  of  the  Old  Colony  pacing 
division,  by  winning  the  second  and  third 
heats  in  t  107  and  i  :o8  1-2,  Edith  R.  having 
captured  the  first  heat  in  i  :o6. 

The  history  of  the  Dorchester  Gentlemen's 
Driving  Club  is  replete  with  trotters  and  pa- 
cers which  have  earned  for  themselves  promi- 


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nent  places  in  the  history  of  the  professional 
turf  of  this  country.  Among  those  that  can 
readily  be  brought  to  mind,  having  a  national 
reputation,  can  be  mentioned  the  trotting 
mare  Trinket,  2:14,  the  champion  four-year- 
old  trotter  in  1879,  when  she  earned  a  record 
of  2:19  3-4.  She  was  the  property  of  A.  S. 
Gushee. 

Jewett,  the  champion  three-year-old  trotter 
in  1879,  with  a  record  of  2:23  1-2,  and  later 
converted  to  a  pacer,  getting  a  record  of  2  114, 
was  for  years  the  champion  snow  horse  of 
New  England.  During  that  time  he  was  own- 
ed by  J.  M.  E.  Morrill. 

Ethel's  Pride,  2  :o6  3-4,  winner  of  the  clas- 
sic Transylvania  stake  at  Lexington,  Ky.,  and 
an  $8,000  stake  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  in  1905, 
was  then  the  property  of  John  Shepard. 

Nut  Boy,  2  :o7  1-4,  who  went  all  the  way 
down  through  the  Grand  Circuit,  in  1906, 
without  losing  a  race,  and  who  has  won  a 
heat  at  Franklin  Field  Speedway  in  1:01, 
which  equals  the  best  time  ever  made  by  a 
trotter  over  that  piece  of  racing  dirt,  was 
owned  by  Patrick  O'Hearn. 

Ralph  Wick,  2:13  1-4,  the  trotting  gelding 
that  has  the  distinction  of  having  won  more 
races  over  half-mile  tracks  than  any  other 
trotter  raced  in  this  country  or  Canada,  and 
first  placed  the  record  of  the  speedway  of  i  :oi, 
was  owned  by  A.  M.  Johnson. 

Phoebon  W.,  2  :o8  3-4,  which  was  owned 
by  W.  J.  Furbush,  and  entertained  the  mem- 
bers and  spectators  at  Franklin  Field  on 
many  occasions,  and  on  one  in  particular, 
when  he  and  Bunker  Hill  raced  five  heats  on 
the  quarter  of  a  mile  speedway,  the  average 
time  being  in  30  seconds,  the  record  for  the 
course  for  a  five-heat  race,  and  which  event 
was  never  fully  decided  as  to  which  pacer 
was  the  better,  the  club  giving  to  both  a  silver 
cup  as  the  winner. 

Altro  L.,  2  :o9  3-4,  that  has  been  a  veteran 
in  winning  blue  ribbons  over  at  Franklin 
Field  Speedway,  when  not  engaged  in  mati- 
nees at  South  Weymouth,  was  owned  by 
Harry  C.  Thayer. 


Kentucky  Star,  2:08  1-2,  a  persistent  race 
horse  and  one  of  the  fastest  matinee  pacers  in 
New  England,  was  owned  by  C.  H.  Belledeu. 
Then  can  be  named  Parker  S.,  2  :o6  1-2,  the 
property  of  W.  J.  Furbush;  The  Private, 
2:07  1-2,  owned  by  Harry  Russell;  Cascade, 
2:06  .1-2,  Thomas  Griffin's  speedy  pacer;  Caf- 
feeno.  2:07  1-4,  owned  by  Fred  H.  Bellows; 
Ned  Wilkes,  2  :09  1-4,  one  of  the  ganiest  race 
horses  that  ever  looked  through  a  bridle, 
owned  by  I-ouis  Pfingst;  Mascot,  Jr.,  2:10  1-4, 
owned  by  John  Hood ;  Judge  Green,  2  :o9,  a 
good  trotter  over  the  Grand  Circuit,  owned 
by  H.  P.  Gallup;  Early  Bird,  Jr.,  2:11  1-2, 
owned  by  A.  E.  Kenney;  Senator  L.,  2:12, 
owned  by  John  Shepard ;  Sanford  L., 
2:12  1-2,  owned  by  T.  A.  Bresnahan,  and 
George  G.,  2:12,  owned  by  W.  J.  Fitzgerald. 

Bunker  Hill,  2:13  3-4;  B.  S.  Dillon, 
2:14  1-4;  Annie  Lee,  2:071-4;  Grace  G., 
2:05  1-4;  Postman,  2:14  1-4,  can  all  be  re- 
membered as  the  property  of  R.  G.  Crosby. 
Rex,  2:13  1-2,  the  pacing  gelding  that  held 
the  records  of  the  Marshfield  and  South 
Weymouth  tracks  for  several  years,  and  a 
consistent  winner  at  the  matinees,  owned  by 
John  Neal;  Rondo,  2:143-4,  one  of  the 
sweetest  matinee  horses  in  the  club,  owned  by 
S.  Walter  Wales;  Wilkes  Brino,  2:141-2, 
has  won  many  blue  ribbons  for  his  owner, 
A.  J.  Legg;  Landlord,  2:16  3-4,  that  had  the 
honor  of  defeating  more  horses  for  the  cham- 
pionship ribbon  on  the  Dorchester  speedway 
in  his  day  than  any  other  horse,  was  owned  by 
C.  L.  Young. 

While  among  the  others  are  Max  G., 
2:12  1-4,  owned  by  A.  G.  Turner;  Rubsley  G., 
2:  16  1-2,  owned  by  Jesse  Moulton;  Bob  Fitz, 
2:17  1-2,  owned  by  H.  P.  Gallup;  Bonnets' 
O'Blue,  2:18  3-4,  owned  by  George  D'Arcy; 
Budweiser,  2:181-4,  and  Reno  K.,  2:15  1-2, 
owned  by  J.  W.  Linnehan;  Susie  F.,  2:20  1-4, 
owned  by  J.  RoUin  Stuart,  Jr. ;  the  great  mat- 
inee trotter.  Lady  Madison,  2  :20  1-4  who  held 
the  championship  longer  than  any  other  trot- 
ter in  the  Dorchester  Club,  owned  by  P.  J. 
Fitzgerald,  and  the  fast  but  unfortunate  mare, 
Charlena,  2:22  1-4,  owned  by  C.  C.  Blaney. 


NUT  BOY,  2:07  1-4 

The  Biggest  Money  Winning  Trotter  in  the  Grand  Circuit  of  1907,  and  Joint  Holder  of 

the  Speedway  Record  of  1:01  at  Franklin  Field.     Owned  by  P.  O'Hearn 


GEORGE  M.,  2:14  1-4 
One  of  the  Stars  of  Franklin  Field  Speedway.     Owned  by  O.  C.  Charles 


HOLLIS  P.  GALLUP  AND  HIS  TROTTERS 

Top:— Earl  King,  Winner  of  More  Races  Against  Pacers  Than  Any  Trotter  in  Greater  Boston  ] 

Bottom:— Hollis  Bingen,  Bred,  Raised  and  Developed  into  a  Fast  Trotter  by  Mr.  Gallup 


MARY  Mc. 

A  Sweet  Gaited  Trotting  Mare  That  Has  Been  Prominent  in  Dorchester  and  Old  Colony 

Club  Races.     Owned  bv  M.  McDerniott 


^'<S-  ^'.Hiii'ii;! 


BUDWEISER,  2:18  1-4 

One  of  the  Crack  Pacers  in  the  Early  Days  of  Matinee  Racing  That  Was  Never  Defeated 

Until  the  Race  Was  Over.     Owned  by  J.  W.  Linnehan 


JACK  BINGEN,  2:22  1-4 

The  Trotter  Mayor  Curley  Won  with  in  1:04  1-2  and  Has  Been  a 

Very  Consistent  Matinee  Winner. 

Owned  by  R.  G.  Crosby 


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SISTER  PATCH 

Joint   Holder   of   Franklin  Field  Speedway  Pacing  Record  of  1:00 

and  Fastest  Two  Heats  of  1:00,   1:01  1-4. 

Owned  by  W.  H,  Young 


BARON  PATCH,  2:18  3-4 

A  Money  Winning  Trotter  on  the  Half-mile  Tracks  and  a  Favorite  with  All  in 

Matinee  Racing.     Owned  by  Fred  S.  Eldredge 


DIMPLE,  by  Lotliair,  Jr. 

In  AU-Round  Qualities  the  Peer  of  Any  Pacing  Mare  in  Greater  Boston  and  with 

Speed  to  Tackle  the  Best.     Owned  by  J.  W.  McEnany 


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ONE  afternoon,  during  the  Septem- 
ber meeting  of  1904  at  the  Read- 
ville  track,  William  D.  Hunt, 
meeting  two  Boston  newspaper- 
men, John  H.  Jewett  and  Ed- 
l.  Cogswell,  suggested  the  plan  of  form- 
driving  club  to  hold  matinees  over  the 
Charles  River  Speedway,  which  course  had 
been  built  at  an  enormous  expense  by  the  State 
of  Massachusetts,  and,  despite  the  fact  that  on 
the  year  previous  several  members  of  the 
Gentlemen's  Driving  Club  of  Boston,  headed 
by  Thomas  G.  Plant,  had  erected  a  clubhouse 
and  stables  there,  had  been  neglected  by  the 
great  mass  of  road  drivers  of  Boston  as  a  rac- 
ing ground  for  their  horses. 

It  was  there  decided  to  approach  Lemuel  G. 
Trott,  another  Boston  newspaper  man,  and  by 
the  means  of  articles  in  the  daily  press,  to  find 
how  generously  the  local  lovers  of  the  light 
harness  horse  would  support  such  a  club.  Mr. 
Trott  was  enthusiastic  when  informed  of  what 
was  in  the  air,  and  took  hold  of  the  project 
with  Jewett  and  Cogswell  to  have  it  a  big  suc- 
cess. 

A. call  for  a  meeting  of  the  road  drivers  of 
Greater  Boston  to  meet  at  Young's  Hotel, 
Room  B,  on  Saturday,  October  i,  1904,  at  10 
A.  M.  attracted  a  goodly  gathering.  The  call 
for  the  meeting  was  read  by  George  A.  Graves 
and  he  was  elected  temporary  chairman,  with 
Randolph  K.  Clarke  as  temporary  secretary. 
In  the  general  debate  that  follo\yed,  in  which 
all  present  joined,  it  was  the  consensus  of 
opinion  that  a  driving  club  was  the  crying 
need  in  making  the  Charles  River  Speedway 
popular  with  the  horsemen.  It  was  voted  to 
name  the  organization  the  "Metropolitan 
Driving  Club  of  Boston,"  and  to  have  the 
membership  fee  $5  per  year.  A  committee  to 
solicit  members  for  the  new  club  was  appoint- 
ed, as  follows:  G.  A.  Graves,  J.  V.  N.  Stults, 
John  W.  Linnehan,  Frank 
J.  Russell,  J.  Henry  Nay, 
C.  Blaney,  M.  A.  Nevens, 
John  H.  Jewett,  Lemuel  G.  Trott  and  Edward 
E.  Cogswell.  Thirteen  on  the  committee,  but 
as  events  proved  not  an  unlucky  number. 

The  permanent  organization  of  the  club  was 
perfected  on  October  10.  J.  V.  N.  Stults  was 
elected  president;  Henry  M.  Whitney,  George 
A.  Graves,  W.  J.  Furbush,  Isaac  Sexton, 
M.  C.  Harrison  and  E.  C.  Barry,  vice-presi- 
dents ;  Monroe  Goodspeed,  treasurer,  and 
Randolph  K.  Clarke,  secretary. 


William  H.  Allen, 
O.  Gould,  Harry 
R.  K.   Clarke,   C. 


On  account  of  the  resignations  of  J.  V.  N. 
Stults,  Monroe  Goodspeed  and  Randolph  K. 
Clarke,  a  meeting  of  the  club  was  called  for 
October  25,  at  Young's  Hotel.  The  organiza- 
tion had  so  quickly  jumped  into  popularity,  in 
the  short  time  the  membership  mounting  to 
250,    of    which,    by    a    personal    canvass,    the 


C.  H.  BELLEDEU 
President  1904-1909  (inclusive) 

newspaper  trio,  Messrs.  Jewett,  Trott  and 
Cogswell,  had  secured  nearly  200,  Mr.  Stults 
had  come  to  the  conclusion  that  the  duties  of 
president  of  such  a  hustling  organization  would 
prove  too  arduous  for  him  to  fulfill ;  this,  too, 
was  the  case  with  Mr.  Goodspeed,  while  Mr. 
Clarke's  action  was  caused  through  being  a 
candidate  for  president  of  the  Dorchester 
Gentlemen's  Driving  Club,  and  he  thought  it 
better  not  to  hold  official  positions  in  two 
separate  driving  clubs.  Charles  H.  Belledeu 
was  elected  president  in  place  of  Mr.  Stults, 
while  M.  C.  Harrison  was  elected  to  the  posi- 
tions of  treasurer  and  secretary,  it  being  con- 
sidered a  good  plan  to  combine  the  two  offices. 
A  board  of  ten  directors  was  elected,  as  fol- 
lows :  C.  H.  Belledeu,  W.  J.  Furbush,  George 
A.  Graves,  John  Shepard,  M.  C.  Harrison, 
John  W.  Linnehan,  Isaac  Sexton,  J.  V.  N. 
Stults,  Henry  M.  Whitney  and  Monroe  Good- 
speed.  The  directors  then  appointed  J.  H. 
Jewett    presiding    judge;    L.  G.  Trott  official 


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programmer  and  E.  E.  Cogswell  starting 
judge  of  the  matinee  racing,  Messrs.  Jevveti 
and  Cogswell  being  named  as  the  matching 
committee.  It  was  voted  to  hold  ribbon  mati- 
nees on  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays,  begin- 
ning with  October  29,  and  ending  Thanksgiv- 
ing Day,  November  24,  with  nine  silver  cups 
to  be  offered  for  the  holiday  events. 

In  the  meantime,  informal  matinees  had 
been  held  on  the  speedway  on  October  15  and 
22,  the  racing  comprising  of  impromptu  brush- 
ing between  the  owners  of  the  horses,  without 
any  time  being  taken.  So  many  of  the  mem- 
bers came  out  on  these  occasions  that  at  the 
meeting  of  the  club  at  Young's  Hotel  on  Oc- 
tober 25,  a  message  was  read  from  Thomas  G. 
Plant  and  his  associates,  who  were  owners  of 
the  clubhouse  and  stables  at  the  speedway, 
that,  to  further  encourage  the  new  club,  the 
use  of  the  clubhouse  would  be  given  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Metropolitan  Club  on  race  days, 
beginning  with  the  matinee  of  November  2. 

Thus  it  was  that  the  initial  blue  ribbon  mati- 
nee of  the  Metropolitan  Driving  Club  was 
held  on  October  29,  1904.  Superintendent 
John  S.  Oilman  not  only  had  the  speedway  in 
excellent  condition,  but  through  his  efforts  a 
telephone  connection  had  been  made  from  the 
starter's  post  to  the  judge's,  at  the  half-mile 
pole,  to  be  used  in  timing  the  heats.  Some 
very  close  racing  was  the  feature  that  day. 
The  winners  of  the  races  were  Miss  Monroe 
(Goodspeed)  in  1:12;  Scotia  (W.  J.  Fur- 
bush)  in  1:14;  Susie  K.  (Belledeu)  in  i:ii; 
Special  Boy  (W.  J.  Furbush)  in  1:061-4; 
Axtello  (Harrison)  in  1:05;  and  John  Shep- 
ard  drove  his  pole  team,  Altro  L.  and  Prom- 
ise, in  I  :o8  1-2.  At  the  conclusion  of  the 
races,  Mr.  Shepard  announced  to  the  press 
representatives  and  the  members  present  that 
he  was  open  to  meet  any  pole  team  in  New 
England  with  his  pair  of  trotters,  for  fun  and 
glory. 

So  great  was  the  rivalry  among  the  mem- 
bers to  possess  one  of  the  nine  silver  cups  on 
Thanksgiving  Day  that  more  than  fifty  horses 
were  entered,  and  forty-five  took  the  word, 
there  being  from  four  to  seven  starters  in 
each  class.  Rain  falling  after  three  events  had 
been  decided,  the  remainder  of  the  card  was 
raced  the  following  Saturday,  with  the  fol- 
lowing cup  winners : 

T.  J.  Donnelly's  My  Chance  (Crowley)  in  i  ;o7  1-4. 
T.  J.  Donnolly's    Madeline    Electrite     (Crowley)     in 

1 :09  1-2. 
W.  J.     Furbush's  Montana  Maid   (Furbush)   in  1.07. 
W.  J.  Furbush's  Scotia  (Furbush)   in  1:081-2. 
Thomas  T.  Murray's  Pat  L.   (Crowley)   in  1:05. 
M.  C.  Harrison's  Axtello    (Harrison)    in   1:033-4, 
C.  G.  Peck's  Nigira  (Peck)  in  1:13. 


T.  D.  Blake's  Pensive  Maid  (Parker)   in  1:06. 

W.  J.  Furbush's  Phoebon  W.  (Furbush)   in  1:041-2. 

The  fast  trot,  won  by  Axtello,  was  a  thrill- 
ing four-heat  race,  John  Shepard's  Altro  L., 
C.  H.  Belledeu  up,  winning  the  opening  heat 
in  I  :o4.  Then  Walter  Farmer  captured  the 
second  heat  with  Fashion  in  i  :o5.  In  these 
heats  A.  W.  Turner's  Max  G.,  M.  A.  Nevens 
up,  was  barely  beaten  at  the  wire.  Axtello 
then  won  the  next  two  heats,  and  by  taking 
the  third  in  i  :03  3-4  placed  a  new  speedway 
record  for  trotters.  A  new  speedway  record 
for  pacers  was,  also,  set  by  Phoebon  W.,  cov- 
ering the  half-mile  in  i  :o4  1-2. 

The  directors  immediately  announced  an- 
other series  of  matinees,  to  close  Christmas 
Day,  with  four  silver  cups  for  prizes.  These 
were  a  champion  cup  for  the  trotter  winning 
the  fastest  race,  and  a  point  cup  for  the  trot- 
ter winning  the  most  points  in  the  series.  Two 
cups  were  offered  the  pacers  under  the  same 
conditions  as  the  trotters. 

In  spite  of  the  cold  weather,  and  racing 
over  frozen  ground,  wonderful  interest  was 
manifested  by  the  members  of  the  club ;  in 
fact,  on  December  7,  with  a  couple  of  inches 
of  snow.  Superintendent  Oilman  ran  his 
scrapers  over  the  course,  permitting  seven 
well-filled  classes  to  be  decided,  on  very  good 
footing. 

It  was  on  this  date,  also,  that  the  members 
of  the  club  received  a  severe  jolt  upon  arriv- 
ing at  the  speedway,  that  came  near  disor- 
ganizing the  club.  They  found  that  the  club- 
house and  stables  had  been  closed  to  them,  as 
per  order  from  the  owners  of  the  property, 
and  though  it  •  was  a  particularly  blustering 
afternoon  the  members  and  spectators  were 
obliged  to  witness  the  sport  from  the  side- 
walks, while  the  horses  had  no  shelter  between 
heats,  excepting  what  blankets  the  grooms 
happened  to  have  in  covering  them.  A  move- 
ment was  started  by  the  directors  of  the  Met- 
ropolitan Club  to  erect  a  clubhouse  and  stables 
of  their  own,  and  securing  the  land  adjoining 
the  other  clubhouse  upon  which  to  build  their 
new  home.  Events  which  developed  immedi- 
ately made  this  action  unnecessary,  thanks  to 
Walter  B.  Farmer. 

The  first  sleighing  of  1904  was  held  on  De- 
cember 14,  and  the  next  Saturday  was  the 
initial  snow  matinee  of  the  club,  with  eleven 
classes  and  twenty-seven  starters.  With  the 
beginning  of  the  sleighing  season,  the  Select- 
men of  Brookline  issued  a  notice  forbidding 
racing  to  sleigh  over  the  Beacon  Street  boule- 
vard, which  for  years  had  been  the  sleighing 
ground  for  the  horsemen  of  Boston.  This  so 
stirred  up  a  lot  of  road  drivers,  who  in  the 
order  thought  they  saw  a  movement  to  com- 


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pel  them  to  race  over  the  Charles  River  Speed- 
way, that  a  committee  of  them  went  to  Henry 
M.  Whitney,  a  citizen  of  Brookline,  and  asked 
him  to  intercede  for  them  with  the  selectmen 
in  having  the  ban  removed.  Mr.  Whitney  suc- 
ceeded in  doing  so,  but  it  proved  later  that 
Beacon  Street  boulevard,  as  a  popular  resort 
in  racing  to  sleigh,  was  doomed. 


Old-Time  Winter  Scene  on  Beacon  Street 
Boulevard 

This  was  brought  about  by  the  action  of  the 
Boston  newspaper  men,  Messrs.  Jewett,  Cogs- 
well and  the  Trotts,  Frank  G.  and  L.  G.,  who 
made  a  round  robin  that  no  attention  be  paid, 
by  writing  press  stories,  of  those  using  the 
boulevard  to  sleigh,  but  that  long  accounts  be 
given  to  the  racing  and  brushing  going  on  at 
Charles  River  Speedway.  It  was  surprising 
how  quick  was  the  result ;  in  a  few  days  the 
Beacon  Street  boulevard  was  deserted  by 
owners  of  fast  trotters  and  pacers,  and  the 
Charles  River  Speedway  was  crowded. 

Walter  B.  Farmer,  as  previously  stated, 
proved  the  power  that  was  the  real  making 
of  the  club,  when  on  December  21  (matinee 
day),  he  personally  presented  to  every  man 
woman  and  child  that  lined  the  sidewalks,  his 
signed  invitation  to  use  the  clubhouse  as  his 
special  guest  on  that  afternoon,  and  on  every 
matinee  afternoon  in  the  future,  until  further 
notice.  As  may  be  imagined,  the  independent 
action  of  Mr.  Farmer  caused  the  owners  of 
the  property  great  concern ;  in  fact,  to  an  ex- 
tent that  after  a  few  days  they  sold  the  club- 
house and  stables  to  the  Gentlemen's  Driving 
Club  of  Boston,  the  majority  of  whom  were 
members  of  the  Metropolitan  Club,  the  direc- 
tors of  which,  at  a  special  meeting,  leased  the 
property  to  the  Metropolitan  Driving  Club  for 
one  year. 

With  the  assurity  of  a  home  for  one  year, 
at  least,  it  was  a  happy  crowd  of  members 
^hat  assembled  at  the  clubhouse  on  Christmas 
Day  to  witness  the  final  matinee  of  the  series. 


and  the  presentation  of  the  cups  won.  Walter 
B.  Farmer  won  the  champion  cup  for  trotters 
with  Fashion,  his  fastest  race  being  in 
I  :o6  1-4,  1  :o6  1-2  and  i  :o6  1-2.  E.  C.  Smith 
won  the  point  cup  for  trotters  wi'th  Lady 
Hilton.  The  champion  pacing  cup  was  won  by 
Harry  J.  Russell  with  The  Private,  M.  A. 
Nevens  doing  the  driving,  in  I  :o6  1-4,  i  :o6  1-4 
and  I  :o6  1-2,  while  the  pacing  point  cup  was 
awarded  to  L.  E.  Seeton,  the  owner  of  Fred 
H. 

One  bright  feature  in  the  matinees  of  the 
Fall  of  1904  was  C.  W.  Marks,  of  Chicago,  a 
■Boston  born  boy,  who  shipped  from  Chicago 
for  racing  on  our  speedway  his  three  horses, 
Tom  Keene,  2:04  1-4,  Carlio  M,  2:09  1-4,  and 
Fanfaron,  2:11  1-2,  and  he  certainly  had  great 
sport  with  his  fleet  trio. 

A  sad  occurrence  that  season  was  the  trot- 
ting mare,  Madeline  Electrite,  owned  by  T.  J. 
Donnolly,  dropping  dead  in  the  third  heat  of 
her  race  on  November  30,  after  having  won 
the  initial  heat  of  the  event  in  1 109  1-2.  This 
was  the  only  accident  of  the  season. 

In  the  matinee  held  on  December  24,  M.  C. 
Harrison  won  a  heat  to  sleigh  with  Axtello 
in  1:12,  which  still  remains  (1914)  the 
Charles  River  Speedway  record  for  a  half- 
mile  to  sleigh. 


SEASON  OF  1905 


The  first  matter  of  importance  coming  be- 
fore the  officials  of  the  Metropolitan  Driving 
Club  of  Boston,  in  1905,  was  accepting  the 
invitation  of  the  Concord  (N.  H.)  Driving 
Club  for  an  intercity  matinee  on  February  15, 
the  event  to  be  held  over  the  Concord  (N.  H.) 
Speedway.  It  was  a  big  day  in  that  city,  the 
Governor  of  New  Hampshire  holding  his  bi- 
ennial reception  and  ball  in  the  evening,  while 
the  racing,  in  the  afternoon,  attracted  an  im- 
mense  crowd. 

The  one  great  feature  was  John  Shepard 
driving  his  pole  team.  Promise  and  Altro 
L.,  an  exhibition  heat  in  37  seconds.  As 
the  clean-stepping  pair  of  trotters,  hitched 
to  a  natty  Perrin  sleigh,  with  their  71-year-old 
owner  holding  the  reins,  swept  over  the  course 
with  the  Governor  seated  beside  him,  there 
was  a  continuous  ovation  from  the  start  to  the 
finish. 

As  to  the  racing,  sad  to  relate,  not  a 
winner  was  returned  for  the  Metropolitan. 
Club,  Concord  horses  earning  all  the  glory  for 
iheir  owners.  The  events  were  quarter-mile 
heats,  and  in  Class  A  trot  "Lo"  Currier's 
Plural  defeated  A.  W.  Turner's  Max  G.  Best 
time,  32s  Class  B  trot  went  to  H.  G.  Kil- 
kenny's Charley  Benton,  beating  C.  H.  Belle- 


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deu's  Susie  K.  and  H.  J.  Russell's  Picture 
Hat.  Besl  time,  36s.  Class  C  pace  was  won 
by  John  Marston's  William  L.,  defeating 
C.  H.  Belledeu's  Dart.  Best  time,  32  i-2s. 
Class  D  pace  went  to  H.  A.  Stonely's  Tom 
Arnold,  beating  H.  J.  Russell's  The  Private, 
and  J.  W.  Linnehan's  Rex.  Best  time,  32  i-2s. 
A  banquet  was  held  after  the  races,  at  the 
Eagle  Hotel,  in  honor  of  the  visiting  horse- 
men from  Boston,  when  Mr.  Shepard  was  in- 
troduced by  the  Governor  as  the  best  known 
gentleman  driver  in  New  England.  The  crowd 
cheered  long  and  loud. 

There  was  much  sleighing  on  the  Charles 
River  Speedway  during  this  Winter,  the  fast 
trotting  events  being  very  exciting  between 
T.  G.  Plant's  Ahce  Carr,  2:09  1-4;  John 
Shepard's  Altro  L.,  2:09  3-4;  and  Walter  Far- 
mer's Fashion,  2:15.  The  struggle  for  honors 
of  champion  trotter  of  the  speedway  finally 
narrowed  down  to  between  Alice  Carr  and 
Fashion,  the  latter  having  the  better  of  the 
argument  in  the  earlier  clashes,  but  Alice  Carr 
showing  her  superiority  by  a  slight  margin  in 
the  closing  matinees,  and  thus  gaining  the  dis- 
tinction of  snow  champion  for  the  season. 

A  special  meeting  of  the  board  of  directors 
was  held  on  April  22.  William  D.  Hunt  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  board  in  place  of 
John  W.  Linnehan,  who  had  resigned.  ^Ir. 
Hunt  was  also  made  chairman  of  the  racing 
committee,  and  it  was  voted  to  give  four  sil- 
ver cups  for  the  Spring  series  of  matinees,  to 
begin  May  6  and  close  June  24.  On  account 
of  a  postponement,  the  last  matinee  was  July 
I,  the  cup  winners  for  this  series  being  as  fol- 
lows : 

Trotters 
Speed   cup — Isaac   Sexton's   Tom   Phair. 
Point  cup — George  P.  Johnson's   Alice   Shedd. 

Pacers 
Speed  cup — William  McPhee's  Whiffet. 
Point  cup — William  Steele's  Lady  Rose. 

A  noteworthy  feature  of  the  series  was  Tom 
Phair  winning  all  of  his  starts,  seven  in  all, 
and  lowering  the  speedway  trotting  record, 
held  by  Axtello,  from  i  103  3-4  to  1 103  1-4. 

The  second  annual  meeting  of  the  club  was 
held  at  Young's  Hotel  on  October  3.  The 
election  resulted  as  follows :  C.  H.  Belledeu, 
president;  G.  A.  Graves,  H.  M.  Whitney, 
W.  J.  Furbush,  Isaac  Sexton,  Charles  PI. 
Traiser  and  W.  D.  Hunt,  vice-presidents ; 
M.  C.  Harrison,  secretary  and  treasurer. 
Board  of  directors,  C.  H.  Belledeu,  W.  J. 
Furbush,  G.  A.  Graves,  John  Shepard,  M.  C. 
Harrison,  W.  D.  Hunt,  Isaac  Sexton,  J.  V.  N. 
Stults,  Charles  H.  Traiser  and  M.  Goodspeed. 
Mr.   Hunt  was  reappointed  chairman  of  the 


racing  committee.  It  was  voted  to  offer  four 
silver  cups  for  the  Fall  series  of  matinees,  to 
begin  October  11  and  close  on  November  30; 
also  to  change  the  day  of  matinees  from  Sat- 
urday to  Wednesday,  as  many  of  the  mem- 
bers were  unable  to  leave  their  business  duties 
on  Saturday  afternoons. 

The  winners  of  the  silver  cups  in  the  Fall 
series  were : 

Trotters 
Speed  cup — W.  D.  Hunt's  Curta. 
Point  cup — Isaac  Sexton's  Tom  Phair. 

Pacers 

Speed  cup — W.  H.  Emerson's  Louise  E. 
Point  cup — A.  E.  Kinney's  Early  Bird,  Jr. 

In  this  series  both  the  trotting  and  pacing 
records  of  the  speedway  were  lowered,  as  in 
the  matinee  of  November  i,  Curta,  driven  by 


CURTA,  2:13  1-4 

Winner  of  Speed  Cup  in  1905,  Making  Speedway 

Record  to  Wagon  of  1:02  1-4.     Owned 

by  W.  D.  Hunt 

C.  H.  Belledeu,  reduced  the  previous  mark  of 
1 :03  1-4,  made  by  Tom  Phair,  to  i  :02  1-4, 
and  the  same  afternoon  Charlie  Lockwood 
drove  Louise  E.  a  winning  heat  in  i  :o2,  the 
former  pacing  record  being  the  i  :04  1-2  by 
Phoebon  W. 


SEASON  OF  1906 


It  proved  that  this  year  was  a  history-mak- 
ing period  for  the  club,  as  in  the  month  of 
January  it  was  incorporated,  and  on  Febru- 
ary 2,  at  a  meeting  of  the  incorporators  at 
73  Tremont  Street,  Room  923,  the  Metropoli- 
tan Driving  Club  of  Boston  received  its  char- 
ter from  the  State  of  Massachusetts.  This  act 
required  a  new  election  of  officers,  as  under 
the  charter  the  annual  election  shall  be  held 
on  the  second  Wednesday  of  January  of  each 
year.    Dues  to  the  chartered  club  were  placed 


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at   $10   annually,   and   life   membership   upon 
payment  of  a  fee  of  $150. 

Not  all  of  the  vice-presidents  and  board  of 
directors  being  elected  at  the  meeting  held  on 
February  2,  the  complete  list  of  officers  was 
concluded  at  a  meeting  held  on  the  24th,  at 
the  same  place,  the  following  being  elected 
for  the  year,  the  board  of  directors  having 
been  increased  from  ten  to  fifteen  in  the  mean- 
time :  C.  H.  Belledeu,  president ;  A.  S.  Bige- 
low,  C.  W.  Leonard,  John  Shepard,  Frank  G. 


house  and  stable  at  Charles  River  Speedway, 
the  minutes  of  the  meeting  reading  as  follows: 
Upon  motion  of  Charles  H.  Traiser, 
seconded  by  George  A.  Graves,  it  was 
voted  that  the  corporation  purch'ase  of 
Albert  S.  Bigelow  and  others  acting  as 
trustees  of  the  Charles  River  Speedway, 
club,  stable  and  the  real  estate  and  per- 
sonal property,  situated  upon  the  Charles 
River  Reservation,  Brighton,  heretofore 
occupied  and  used  by  the  Gentle- 
men's Driving     Club     of      Boston,     and 


METROPOLITAN  CLUBHOUSE 
Purchased  on  February  24,   1906,  from  a  Syndicate,  Headed  by  Thomas  G.  Plant 


Hall,  H.  M.  Whitney.  J.  V.  N.  Stults  and 
Monroe  Goodspeed,  vice-presidents ;  M.  C. 
Harrison,  secretary  and  treasurer.  Board  of 
directors,  C.  H.  Traiser,  G.  A.  Graves,  W.  D. 
Hunt,  H.  M.  Whitney,  John  Shepard,  C.  H. 
Belledeu,  F.  C.  Garmon,  W.  J.  Furbush,  Isaac 
Sexton,  H.  J.  Russell,  L.  N.  Cushman,  M.  C. 
Harrison,  M.  Goodspeed,  A.  J.  Furbush,  and 
M.  A.  Nevens.  Executive  committee,  W.  D. 
Hunt,  G.  A.  Graves,  Isaac  Sexton,  A.  J.  Fur- 
bush, and  C.  H.  Traiser. 

It  was  at  the  meeting  held  on  February  24 
that  the  vote  was  passed  to  purchase  the  club- 


that  in  consideration  of  the  release 
of  the  subscribers  under  the  trust 
upon  which  said  property  is  now 
held,  that  each  of  said  subscribers,  Albert 
S.  Bigelow,  John  E.  Thayer,  John  Shep- 
ard, Chas.  Whittemore,  George  G.  Hall, 
C.  W.  Marks,  Walter  B.  Farmer,  James 
A.  Hathaway,  William  D.  Hunt,  C.  W. 
Lasell,  Benjamin  Pope,  Henry  C.  Jackson, 
Arthur  H.  Alley,  George  F.  Leonard, 
George  A.  Graves,  B.  F.  Button,  George 
A.  Litchfield,  B.  W.  Currier,  Ralph  B. 
W^illiams,  Thomas  D.  Blake,  E.  C.  Swift, 


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Charles  H.  Traiser,   George  R.   Woodin, 
Charles    W.    Leonard,    C.    H.    Belledeu, 
George  R.  Hall,  Frank  G.  Hall,  Stearns 
R.   Ellis,  George  W.   Norton,  George  A. 
Fales,     Francis    P.     Sprague,     Caleb     S. 
Spencer,    John    O'Connor,    and     P.     B. 
Bradley,  be  and  hereby  are  elected  to  life 
membership  in  the  Metropolitan  Driving 
Club  of  Boston,  and  that  for  the  purpose 
of   effecting  said  purchase  the  treasurer 
be   authorized   and    directed   to    issue   to 
each  of  said  subscribers  an  agreement  that 
in    the    event   of    the    dissolution    of    the 
Metropolitan    Driving    Club    of    Boston, 
this  corporation  will  pay  to  each  of  said 
subscribers  the  amount  subscribed  by  him 
under  said  trust  for  the  purchase  of  the 
"Charles   River    Speedway   Club    Stable" 
of  said  property,  and  in  the  event  of  the 
assets  of  the  Metropolitan  Driving  Club 
of  Boston  not  being  sufficient  to  pay  in 
full  the  amount  so  subscribed,  that  each 
of  the  above  mentioned  subscribers  shall 
be  paid  the  amount  due  him  in  proportion 
to  the  assets  of  this  corporation   at   the 
time  of  such  dissolution. 
On  motion  of  Charles  H.  Traiser,  seconded 
by  W.  D  Hunt,  it  was  voted  that  in  considera- 
tion of  the  transfer  to  this  corporation  of  all 
the  assets   of   the   unincorporated   association 
heretofore  known  as  the  Metropolitan  Driv- 
ing Club,  that  the  entire  membership  of  said 
association  be  admitted    and    are    hereby  ad- 
mitted to  membership  in  this  corporation  and 
that  all  members  hereby  admitted  are  to  be 
exempt  from  dues  until  after  October  i,  1906. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  directors  on  April  7,  the 
resignation  of  M.  C.  Harrison  as  treasurer  and 
secretary  was   presented    and    accepted,    and 
upon  the  motion  of  C.  H.  Traiser  it  was  voted 
to  proceed  to  the  election  of  a  secretary  and 
treasurer,    and    W.    D.    Hunt    was    declared 
elected  upon  receiving    the    whole  number  of 
votes  cast.  i 

Thomas  G.  Plant  was  elected  a  life  mem- 
ber of  the  club  on  May  11,  and  on  August  27 
was  purchased  about  3,715  feet  of  land  ad- 
joining the  clubhouse.  The  executive  com- 
mittee recommended  on  December  11,  that  the 
annual  dues  for  all  new  members  be  $20  for 
the  first  year,  from  the  first  of  January,  and 
$10  per  year  thereafter. 

The  house-warming  was  held  by  the  club  on 
December  26,  about  100  members  being  pres- 
ent. It  was  the  first  time  that  a  business 
meeting  had  been  held  in  the  clubhouse  since 
it  became  the  property  of  the  Metropolitan 
Club.  The  improvements  in  the  clubhouse  and 
the  new  stables  met  with  the  approval  of 
those  members  present. 


The  matinees  of  the  season  of  1906  attracted 
a  liberal  list  of  entries  and  starters,  and  were 
productive  of  good  contests,  though  none  of 
the  speedway  records  were  lowered.  Two 
cups  were  offered  for  the  Spring  series  and 
four  for  the  Fall  series,  and  resulted  as  fol- 
lows : 

SPRING    SERIES 

Point  cup  for  trotters — Monroe  Goodspeed's  Zambia. 
Point  cup  for  pacers — A.  J.  Furbush's  Chief  Wilkie. 

FALL  SERIES 
Trotters 
Speed  cup — F.  E.   Burnham's  Bert  S. 
Point  cup — C.   H.   Belledeu's  Dasli. 

Pacers 
Speed  cup — A.  J.  Furbush's  Chief  Wilkie. 
Point  cup — A.  J.  Furbush's  Marchwood. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  regular  Fall  series 
of  matinees  the  directors  of  the  club  thought 
that,  on  account  of  the  expenditure  of  so  much 
money  in  renovating  the  clubhouse  and  build- 
ing new  stalls  in  the  stables,  it  would  be  advis- 
able not  to  give  any  ribbons  or  cups  for  the 
snow  racing,  thus  saving  that  much  for  the 
treasurer  to  expend  in  other  ways,  perhaps 
more  necessary. 

Therefore,  when  the  sleighing  came  in  De- 
cember, the  racing  was  of  the  impromptu 
character  until  the  30th  of  the  month,  when 
one  race  was  put  on  which  was  won  by  Col- 
bath,  owned  by  A.  C.  Furbush,  in  five  closely 
contested  heats. 

The  result  of  this  race  clearly  demonstrated 
that  it  was  a  mistake  not  to  have  had  ribbons 
.and  cups  given  for  the  Winter  season.  There- 
fore, several  of  the  prominent  members  of 
the  club  devised  a  scheme  to  raise  by  subscrip- 
tion sufficient  funds  to  purchase  trophies  and 
ribbons  for  events  to  be  decided  while  the 
sleighing  lasted. 


SEASON  OF  1907 


The  first  event  of  importance  was  the  an- 
nual election  of  officers  which  resulted  as  fol- 
lows :  President,  C.  H.  Belledeu ;  vice-presi- 
dents, A.  S.  Bigelow,  John  Shepard,  M.  Good- 
speed,  H.  M.  Whitney,  C.  W.  Leonard,  F.  G. 
Hall,  J.  V.  N.  Stults ;  secretary  and  treasurer, 
W.  D.  Hunt;  directors,  A.  H.  Parker,  C.  A. 
Graves,  C.  H.  Belledeu,  Isaac  Sexton,  M. 
Goodspeed,  F.  C.  Gannon,  C.  H.  Traiser,  W. 
T.  Furbush,  John  Shepard,  W.  D.  Hunt,  G.  H. 
Hicks,  H.  J.  Russell,  A.  J.  Furbush,  L.  N. 
Cushman,  and  M.  A.  Nevens.  Executive 
committee,  G.  A.  Graves,  Isaac  Sexton,  A.  J. 
Furbush,  C.  H.  Traiser,  and  W.  D.  Hunt. 

In  the  first  week  of  January  came  the  an- 
nouncement   from    the    Fasig-Tipton    Co.,    of 


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39 


New  York  through  their  Boston  representa- 
tive, Wilbur  L.  Duntley,  that  they  had  do- 
nated a  cup  for  the  champion  snow  trotter  of 
the  Charles  River  Speedway,  the  trophy  to  be 
won  two  years  before  becoming  the  property 
of  the  winner,  and  all  contesting  horses  to  be 
driven  by  bona-fide  owners,  all  aspirants  to 
race  three  days  in  each  week  of  sleighing, 
quarter-mile  heats.  The  Metropolitan  Driv- 
ing Club  of  Boston  was  made  custodian  of  the 
cup  and  all  contestants  were  compelled  to  be 
members  of  that  body. 

Following  this  liberal  offer  from  the  New 
York  horse  sale  firm,  came  other  donations 
from  the  club  members.  John  M.  Brison  gave 
a  cup,  a  sweepstakes  event  for  pacers,  open  to 
members  of  the  club,  the  same  to  go  to  the  one 
winning  the  greatest  number  of  races  during 
the  sleighing  season.  Fred  Horton,  of  Provi- 
dence, a  member  of  the  club,  gave  what  was 
called  the  Horton  cup,  to  go  to  the  fastest 
trotter  of  the  Winter.  Then,  there  was,  too, 
a  number  of  prizes  of  blankets,  oats,  whips, 
etc.,  the  largest  contributor  being  W.  D.  Hunt, 
his  offerings  being  described  as  the  Hunt 
prizes  which  went  for  trotters  not  taken  care 
of  by  the  Horton  cup ;  and  W.  J.  Furbush 
filled  the  gap  by  taking  care  of  the  pacers  not 
eligible  for  the  Brison  cup. 

On  February  26  came  the  final  sleighing 
matinee  for  these  trophies.  There  were  so 
many  starters  for  the  Hunt  prizes  that  the 
event  was  divided  in  two  divisions,  the  winner 
of  each  to  race  off  the  final.  H.  B.  Ralston 
won  the  first  division  with  Little  Bill  and  W.  J. 
Bates  won  the  second  with  Welchman.  In  the 
final  between  these  two  horses,  the  latter 
proved  the  best  and  took  the  prize  and  honors. 
For  the  pacing  championship,  Mardel  secured 
the  Brison  cup  by  defeating  Louise  E.,  while 
C.  E.  Jordan  proved  the  best  of  the  ones 
starting  for  the  Furbush  prizes. 

There  was  great  interest  in  the  event  for 
the  Horton  cup,  as  the  contests  through  the 
Winter  had  been  very  close  between  Alice 
Carr,  Alga  W.  and  Tom  Phair,  and  this  race, 
being  a  deciding  one,  brought  a  tremendous 
crowd  to  the  speedway.  The  cup  went  to 
Alice  Carr  in  straight  heats.  However,  she  had 
a  stiff  battle  in  each,  in  the  first  one  barely 
winning  right  at  the  wire.  After  the  race 
Thomas  G.  Plant  returned  the  Horton  cup  to 
the  club  for  further  competition.  The  first 
leg  of  the  Fasig-Tipton  cup  was  won  by  Tom 
Phair,  and  remained  with  the  club  according 
to  conditions  for  further  competition  the  next 
Winter. 

Chailes   River   Speedway,    Feb.    26,     1907. — Hunt 
prizes    (for  trotters),   first   division. 
H.  B.  Ralston's  b.  g.  Little  Bill  (Mr.  Ralston)       i     i 


A.  J.  l*"urljush's  br.  m.  Loma  (Mr.  Kurbush)         2     2 

J.  Bean's  ch.  g.  Captain   (Mr.  Bean) 3     3 

Time— 34  1-2S.,  33  3-4S. 

Hunt  prizes   (for  trotters),  second  division. 
W.  J.  Bates'  ch.  g.  Welcliman  (Mr.  Trout)-    i     2     i 
Walter  Cobbett's  ch.  m.  Wavelite  (Mr.  Cob- 

bett)     3     I     2 

W.  J.  Furbush's  b.  g.  Little  Ben  (Mr.  Fur- 
bush)         2     3     3 

Time— 34I-2S.,  34  i-4s.,   34s. 

Hunt  prizes   (for  trotters),  finals. 
'W.  J.  Bates'  ch.  g.  Welchman  (Mr.  Trout)  I 
H.  B.  Ralston's  b.  g.  Little  Bill   (Mr.  Ral- 
ston)                    2 

Time — 33s. 

W.  J.  Furbush  prizes   (for  pacers). 
A.  J.  Furbush's  ch.  g.    C.  E.  Jordan    (Mr. 

Furbush )     2     i     i 

M.  A.  Nevens'  b.  g.  Rob  B.   (Mr.  Nevens)      i     2     2 
Fred   Furbush's  gr.   g.   Outcast    (Mr.   Fur- 
bush)          3     3     3 

Time— 33  3-4S,  35s.,  32  i-2s. 

Horton   cup    (for  trotters). 
Thomas  G.  Plant's  blk.  m.  Alice  Carr  (Mr. 

Plant)     I     I 

Fred  Horton's  br.  m.  Alga  W.   (Mr.  Belle- 

deu)    2    2 

Isaac     Sexton's   br.    h.    Tom     Phair     (Mr. 

Sexton)    3     3 

Time— 323-4S.,  33  3-4S. 

Pacing  Championship. 

V\.  F.  Bennett's  ch.  g.  Mardel    (Mr.   Ben- 
nett)         I     2     I 

William  Emerson's  br.  m.  Louise  E.    (Mr. 

Lockwood)    2     I     2 

Time— 32  3-4S.,  32  3-4s.,  33  i-4s. 

On  March  6  there  was  decided  an  event  for 
the  valuable  cup,  that  was  donated  to  the 
club  by  an  unknown  member,  between  Mer- 
cury Wilkes,  driven  by  Al  Furbush,  and  Ma- 
jor, owned  and  driven  by  D.  Nelligan,  and 
was  won  by  the  former,  thus  giving  him  three 
victories,  which  were  required  to  make  him  the 
property  owner  of  the  cup. 

The  important  feature  of  the  Summer  rac- 
ing came  on  October  16,  when  Mack  Mack, 
2  :o8,  owned  and  driven  by  George  A.  Graves, 
made  his  debut  in  the  matinees,  meeting  the 
fast  gelding,  Chase,  2 107  1-4.  During  the 
Summer  Mack  Mack  had  been  participating  in 
the  matinees  at  the  Readville  track,  there  hav- 
ing been  nothing  fast  enough  for  him  to  meet 
in  the  free-for-all  trotting  class  at  the  speed- 
way, but  with  Chase  again  in  condition,  he 
was  brought  over  to  give  him  a  battle. 

Much  to  the  surprise  of  the  large  number 
of  spectators  present.  Chase  reeled  off  the 
first  heat  in  i  :oo  1-4,  a  clean  cut  of  two  sec- 
onds from  the  record  of  the  speedway  proper. 
In  the  next  two  heats,  however.  Mack  Mack 
held  his  opponent  safe  when  it  came  to  the 
last  hundred  yards,  and  showed  his  rare  turn 
of  speed  by  taking  his  second  heat  in  i  :oo  1-4, 
thus  equaling  what  Chase  had  previously  ac- 


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complished.  He  then  came  back  so  strong  in 
the  third  heat  that  the  time  was  announced 
I  :oo  1-2.  This  race  was  decided  over  the  up- 
per road. 

The  result  of  the  Spring  and  Fall  matinees 
for  the  cups  were  as  follows : 

SPRING    SERIES. 
Trotters 
Speed  cup— Isaac   Sexton's   Tom   Phair. 
Point  cup — C.  G.  Newcomb's  George  Lee. 

Pacers 
Speed  cup— A.  J.  Furbush's   Chief  Wilkie. 
Point  cup—  A.  ].  Furbush's  Al  Ray. 

FALL  SERIES 
Trotters 
Speed  cup— C.   H.   Belledeu's  Chase. 
Point  cup — F.  H.  Gannon's  Hulman. 
Second  point  cup — J.  A.  Craig's  Lady  Klondyke. 
Third  point  cup— E.  Phillips'  Gloria  Rex. 

Pacers 

Speed  cup— E.  Phillips'  Al  Ray. 

Point  Cup — M.   F.  Maher's   Belle  Gold. 

Second  point  cup— A.  T.  Watts'  Elmwood. 


SEASON  OF  1908 


The  annual  election  was  held  on  January  8, 
and  resulted  as  follows:  President,  C.  H. 
Belledeu;  vice-presidents,  A.  S.  Bigelow,  H. 
M.  Whitney,  F.  G.  Hall,  J.  V.  N.  Stults,  John 
Shepard,  C.  W.  Leonard,  and  Monroe  Good- 
speed ;  secretary  and  treasurer,  W.  D.  Hunt; 
directors,  A.  U.  Parker,  C.  H.  Belledeu,  C.  H. 
Traiser,  W.  J.  Furbush,  L.  N.  Cushman,  W. 
D.  Hunt,  M.  Goodspeed,  G.  A.  Graves,  Isaac 
Sexton,  F.  C.  Ciarmon,  G.  H.  Hicks,  E.  A. 
Bayley,  J.  V.  N.  Stults,  A.  J.  Furbush,  and 
John  Shepard  ;  executive  committee,  J.  V.  N. 
Stults,  W.  D.  Hunt,  Isaac  Sexton,  C.  H.  Trai- 
ser, A.  J.  Furbush,  W.  B.  Farmer,  and  E.  A. 
Bayley. 

On  February  3,  the  resignation  of  George 
A.  Graves  w^as  accepted  from  the  board  of 
directors,  and  Walter  B.  Farmer  was  elected 
in  his  place.  Then,  on  February  12,  C.  H. 
Traiser  resigned  from  the  board  of  directors, 
as  did  W.  D.  Hunt,  from  the  board  and  as 
secretary  and  treasurer.  Charles  H.  Dow  and 
Cyrus  C.  Mayberry  were  elected  to  take  the 
place  of  the  two  members  that  resigned,  and 
the  latter  was  also  elected  to  the  executive 
committee.  Charles  H.  Dow  was  made  treas- 
urer of  the  club,  and  Wilbur  L.  Duntley  the 
secretary. 

There  was  very  little  sleighing  during  the 
Winter,  a  day  now  and  then,  and  it  was  only 
by  extreme  effort  that  the  owner  of  the  Fasig- 
Tipton  cup  was  decided.  Isaac  Sexton,  with 
Tom  Phair,  secured  the  trophy  by  exactly  win- 


ning the  necessary  five  races,  as  required  un- 
der the  conditions. 

In  the  Spring  matinee  of  June  30,  the  speed- 
way proper  being  heavy  from  showers,  the 
racing  was  done  on  Soldiers',  or  as  called,  up- 
per road,  and  it  developed,  with  the  strong 
wind  that  blew  directly  in  the  rear  of  the 
horses,  to  be  an  afternoon  of  extreme  speed. 
In  the  first  place,  Claymos,  owned  and  driven 
by  W.  J.  McDonald,  stepped  off  a  winning 
heat  in  57  3-4  seconds,  and  Phoebon  W.  was 
right  at  the  winner's  heels  up  to  three  lengths 
from  the  wire,  when  he  went  to  a  break. 

The  important  feature  of  the  Fall  series  was 
Harry  Wood's  gelding,  Sid  Axworthy,  on  No- 
vember 3,  setting  a  new  mark  for  the  upper 
read  speedway  for  trotters  by  winning  the 
first  heat  of  his  race  in  58  3-4  seconds.  About 
all  the  winners  that  day  lowered  their  previous 
efforts  in  matinee  racing,  Tom  Phair  doing  a 
heat  in  i  :oo  1-2,  while  Billy  Ross  stepped  off 
one  in  i  :02  1-2. 

There  had  been  so  much  agitation  about 
double-team  racing  that  the  racing  committee 
finally  decided  to  put  an  all-star  racing  bill  for 
horses  hitched  to  pole,  to  take  place  on  No- 
vember 24.  There  was  a  scurrying  around 
of  the  members  in  securing  mates  for  the 
horses  each  owned,  in  order  to  head  the  sum- 
mary and  have  the  distinction  of  being  the 
owner  of  one  of  the  pair  to  trot,  or  pace,  the 
fastest  heat  of  the  day. 

When  the  entries  were  aniiounced  it  looked 
as  though  Tom  Phair  and  Jim  Ferry,  that 
were  matched  against  Dodie  K.  and  Talpa, 
would  be  the  star  trotting  event  of  the  after- 
noon. While  for  pacers.  Cinch  and  Reliance 
against  My  Star  and  Phoebon  W.  was  the 
principal  attraction. 

The  initial  heat  of  the  fast  trot  was  marred 
by  Dodie  K.  and  Talpa  running  away  with 
A.  J.  Furbush.  It  looked,  at  one  time,  like  a 
very  nasty  mix-up  in  which  the  lives  of  several 
spectators  and  those  in  the  nearby  teams  were 
in  danger,  and  only  through  the  bravery  of  A. 
Jameson,  of  Somerville,  who  caught  and  hung 
on  to  the  horses  until  he  brought  them  to  a 
standstill,  was  this  prevented.  Tom  Phair 
and  Jim  Ferry  spanked  oft'  two  rattling  heats 
in  I  :o5  and  i  :o6  1-4,  and  later,  to  show  that 
they  were  the  kingpins  of  the  speedway  hitched 
to  pole,  they  won  a  heat  from  Martha  G.  and 
The  Baron  in  i  :o6  1-4. 

For  the  pacers.  Cinch  and  Reliance  de- 
feated My  Star  and  Phoebon  W.,  without  a 
waver,  tramping  their  heats  in  the  fast  time  of 
I  :04  1-4  and  i  105 .  It  was  in  every  way  the 
greatest  afternoon  of  double-team  racing  that 
had  been  held  in  Boston  for  vears,  if  ever  be- 


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fore,  and  on  that  account  the  complete  sum- 
mary of  the  events  is  herein  given : 

Charles  River  Speedway,   Nov.  24,   1908,  Class  A, 
trotting. 
Isaac   Sexton's   br,   h.   Tom    Phair   and    S.    L. 

Tingley's  gr.  g.  Jim  Ferry   (Page)    i     t 

A.  J.  Furbuslrs  blk.  m.  Dodie  K.  and  W.  J. 

McDonald's     b.  m.  Talpa   (Furbush) 2  dr 

Time— I  :0S,   i  :o6  1-4. 

Class  B,  pacing. 
A.  J.  Furbush's  ch.  g.  Cinch  and  b.  g.  Reliance 

(Furbush)   i     i 

W.  J.  Furbush's  ch.  g.  My  Star  and  Miles  Hol- 

den's  br.  g.  Phoebon   VV.    (Furbush)    2     2 

Time   i  :04  1-4,   I  :o5. 

Class  C,  trotting. 
W.  J.  Furbush's  b.  g   Carl  C.  and  Harry  Wood's 

b.  ra.   Susie  F.    (Furbush)    I     i 

George  D.  Merrill's  b.  g.  Earl  King  and  H..H. 

Cook's  b.  g.  Billy  Ross  (Merrill)    2     2 

Time— I  124  1-4.  i  -.17  1-4. 

Class    D,    pacing. 
J.   W.   Coakley's  ch.  g.   Red  Echo   and   ch.   g. 

Wildwood   (Coakley)    i     1 

H.  G.  Reid's  b.  g.  Colbath  and  L.  A.  Beane's 

b.  g.  Go  See  (Beane) 2    2 

Time — 1:121-4,  1:091-4. 

Class  E,  trotting  and  pacing. 
H.  C.  Reid's  b.  g.  Colbath  and  L.  A.  Beane's 

b.  g.  Go  see  (Beane)   i 

F.   C.   Garmon's  blk.  m.   Martha  G  and  Jesse 

Eddy's  blk.  g.  The  Baron   (Garmon)    2 

Time — i  :09. 

Class  F,  trotting. 
Isaac    Sexton's   br.   h.   Tom   Phair   and   S.   L. 

Tingley's  gr.  g.  Jim  Ferry  (Page)    i 

F.   C.  Garmon's  blk.  m.   Martha  G.  and  Jesse 

Eddy's  blk.  g.  The   Baron    (Garmon) 2 

Time — i  :o6  1-4. 

The  result  of  the  Spring  and  Fall  series  of 
matinees  is  told  by  the  following  prize  win- 
ners : 

SPRING  SERIES 
Trotters 
Champion  cup — C.  H.  Belledeu's  Chase. 
Speed  cup — A.  J.  Furbush's  Dodie  K. 
First  point  cup — Walter  Corbett's  Lord  Quex. 
Second  point  cup — H.  H.  Cook's  Billy  Ross. 

Pacers 
Champion   cup — W.   J.   McDonald's    Claymos. 
Speed  cup — W.  J.  Furbush's  My  Star. 
First  point  cup — E.  S.  Morse's  Edith  J. 
Second  point  cup — J.  D.  Thompson's  Dean  Swift. 

FALL  SERIES 

Trotters 
First  speed  cup — C.  H.  Belledeu's  Chase. 
Fastest  average  heats — A.  J.  Furbush's  Dodie  K. 
First  point  cup — Walter  Corbett's  Lord  Quex. 
Second  point  cup — H.  H.  Cook's  Billy  Ross. 
Third   point  cup — J.   Doherty's  Alclay  H. 
Slow  trotting  cup — D.  A.  Thompson's  Patricia. 
London  harness — A.  J.  Furbush's  Dodie  K. 
The  Wood  cup — A.  J.  Furbush's  Dodie  K. 
The  Daniels  cup — A.  J.  Furbush's  Dodie  K. 
The  "hard  luck"  cup — Fred  Furbush's  Forest  Bingen. 


Pacers 

First   speed   cup — W.  J.   McDonald's   Claymos. 

Fastest  average  heats — h'rank  M.  Burke's  My  Star. 

First  point  cup — E.  S.  Morse's  Edith  J. 

Second  point  cup — J.  D.  Thompson's  Dean  Swift. 

Third  point  cup — S.   Schoolman's   Colbath. 

Slow  pacing  cup — E.  A.  Fuller's  Bobby  Patchen. 

The  "hard   luck''  cup — C.  A.   Thompson's   Lanter. 

The  John  Shepard  cup  for  women  road 
drivers  to  single  hitch,  which  had  been  under 
dispute  since  the  Winter  before,  was  awarded 
to  Mrs.  H.  H.  Cook. 


SEASON  OF  1909 


For  the  third  term  C.  H.  Belledeu  was  given 
the  office  of  president,  the  election  being  on 
January  13,  and  the  other  officers  were  as  fol- 
lows :  A^ice-presidents,  A.  S.  Bigelow,  H.  M. 
Whitney,  F.  G.  Hall,  John  Shepard,  C.  W. 
Leonard,  Monroe  Goodspeed,  J.  V.  N.  Stults ; 
treasurer,  C.  H.  Dow ;  secretary,  W.  L.  Dunt- 
ley ;  directors,  John  Shdpard,  C.  H.  Belledeu, 
'  W.  J.  Furbush,  Monroe  Goodspeed,  Isaac  Sex- 
ton, F.  C.  Garmon,  A.  J.  Furbush,  E.  A.  Bay- 
ley,  C.  H.  Dow,  B.  A'V.  Gove,  Henry  Wood, 
B.  W.  Carpenter,  R.  A.  Spaulding,  Walter  B. 
Farmer,  C.  C.  Mayberry;  executive  commit- 
tee, F.  C.  Garmon,  C.  H.  Dow,  C.  H.  Belle- 
deu, A.  J.  Furbush,  Isaac  Sexton,  B.  W.  Car- 
penter, C.  C.  Mayberry. 

It  was  voted  to  adopt  blue  as  the  club's 
color  in  all  interclub  meets.  On  November 
24,  the  resignation  of  R.  A.  Spaulding,  from 
the  board  of  directors,  was  accepted  and  J.  V. 
N.  Stults  was  elected  in  his  place. 

Records  over  the  speedway  proper  were  set 
skiting  on  June  22,  Superintendent  Gilman, 
not  only  having  the  course  on  feather  edge, 
but  the  day  itself  being  conducive  to  fast 
time.  Chief  Wilkie,  2  :i2  3-4,  set  a  new  record 
for  two  heats  by  a  pacer  by  covering  the  half- 
mile  in  59  and  58  seconds,  respectively. 
The  last  heat  was  the  fastest  ever  made  over 
the  speedway  proper,  though  Claymos,  last 
year,  paced  a  half  on  the  upper  road  in 
57  3-4  seconds. 

The  race  of  the  afternoon,  however,  was 
the  fast  trotting  class  in  which  the  double- 
gaited  mare,  Louise  G.,  pulled  off  a  hard- 
earned  victory  at  the  end  of  the  fourth  heat. 
The  daughter  of  Alclayone  finished  ahead  in 
all  but  the  second  heat,  but  the  judges  very 
properly  set  her  back  last  for  pacing  in  the 
third  heat.  Fred  Garmon's  trim  little  black 
mare,  Martha  G.,  came  out  of  the  contest, 
while  not  the  winner,  yet  covered  with  glory, 
as,  by  taking  the  third  heat  in  i  :oo  3-4,  she 
gained  for  herself  the  distinction  of  lowering 


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the  trotting  record  over  the  regular  speedway 
course.  On  account  of  the  importance  of 
these  two  races,  the  complete  summary  is 
given,  as  follows : 

Charles  River   Speedway,  June  22,   igog.  Class  E, 
pacing. 

A.  J.  Furbush's  b.  g.  Chief  Wilkie  (Furbush)  i  i 

W.  J.  McDonald's  b.  g.  Claymos   (McDonald)  2  3 

H.  J.  Reid's  ch.  g.  Edwin  S.   (Furbush) 4  2 

Jesse  Eddy's  b.  g.  Sir  Albert  S.   (Garmon)  ...  3  4 
Time — 5gs  ,   58s. 

Class  I,  trotting. 
W.  J.  Furbush's  b.  m.  Louise  G.    (Fur- 
bush)           I     3     4     I 

Walter    Corbett's    blk.    g.     Lord    Quex 

(Ralston)    3     i     2    2 

F.    C.    Garmon's    blk.    m.    Martha    G. 

(Garmon)    2     4     i     3 

J.    W.    Coakley's    ch.   g.    Crown    Prince 

(Coakley)     4     2     4     4 

Time — 1:03,   1:021-2,   1:003-4,   1:011-4. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  Fall  series  of  mat- 
inees. John  W.  Dorey,  who  had  filled  the  po- 
sition of  chairman  of  the  race  committee  for 
two  years,  was  called  into  the  main  office  in 
the  clubhouse  and  presented  with  an  elegant 
gold  watch.  Superintendent  Oilman  was  not 
forgotten  by  the  members  of  the  club,  and 
was  the  recipient  of  a  fur-lined  overcoat, 

Mr.  Dorey's  work,  as  chairman  of  the  race 
committee,  could  not  have  been  excelled.  It 
was  a  particularly  hard  proposition,  anyway, 
to  please  the  members  racing  their  horses,  and 
to  match  the  diiJerent  entries  so  that  the  rac- 
ing would  prove  interesting,  but  in  this  Mr. 
Dorey  proved  very   successful. 

Superintendent  Oilman  had,  since  the  open- 
ing of  the  speedway,  worked  almost  day  and 
night  to  have  that  piece  of  racing  dirt  the 
fastest  in  the  country,  and  that  he  had  suc- 
ceeded was  amply  attested  by  the  feeling  ex- 
pressed by  the  active  mem'bers  of  the  club. 

On  October  14,  the  driving  club  gave  its 
first  horse  show,  that  was  in  every  way  a  pro- 
nounced success.  About  2,000  spectators  wit- 
nessed the  show  from  the  clubhouse,  in  teams, 
and  on  foot  The  largest  winner  of  the  after- 
noon was  Mrs.  Larz  Anderson,  with  the  sta- 
ble of  W.  C.  Jewett  a  close  runner  up.  A 
long  program  was  finished  without  a  hitch, 
the  work  of  the  judges  giving  general  satis- 
faction. H.  L.  Camp,  Middletown,  Conn., 
judged  all  the  classes,  with  the  exception  of 
the  events  for  trotters  and  pacers,  in  which 
he  was  assisted  by  J.  V.  N.  Stults  and  Arthur 
L.  Power  of  the  driving  club. 

Following  are  the  prize  winners  for  the 
Spring  and  Fall  matinee  racing  series : 

SPRING  SERIES 

Trotters 

Champion  cup — F.  C.  Garmon's  Martha  G,  1:003-4. 


Speed  cup — W.  J.  Furbush's  Louise  G.,  i  :03,  j  :oi  1-4. 
First  point  cup — A.  C.  Furbush's  Forest  Bingen. 
Second  point  cup — Walter  Corbett's  Lord  Quex. 

Pacers 
Champion  cup — A.  J.  Furbush's  Chief  Wilkie,  58s. 
Speed    cup — W.    J.    McDonald's    Claymos,    1:001-4, 

I  :oi  1-2. 
First  point  cup — J.  D.  Thompson's  Dean  Swift. 
Second  point  cup — F.  W.  Dorr's  Toppan  Boy. 

FALL    SERIES 
Trotters 
Champion  cup — L.  Fred  Sanborn's  Billie  J.,  I  :02. 
Speed    cup — W.   J.   McDonald's    Dodie    K.,    i  :o2  1-4, 

I  :03. 
Point  cup — Harry  Wood's  Susie  F. 
Second  point  cup — H.  H.  Cook's  Billy  Ross. 
Cup   for  trotter  winning  the  most  heats  in   I  :io  or 
slower — T.   H.   Hubbard's   Blue  Clay. 

Pacers 
Champion  cup — W.  J.  McDonald's  Claymos,  i  :oo. 
Speed  cup — W.  J.  McDonald's  Chief  Wilkie,  i  :oo  3-4, 

I  :oi. 
Point  cup — W.  J.  Furbush's  Louise  G. 
Second  point  cup — W.  J.  McDonald's  Blue  Light. 
Cup    for  pacer  'winning  the   most   heats   in    i  :o7   or 

slower — C.  J.  Newcomb's  Chester  Boy. 


SEASON  OF  1910 


A  meeting  of  the  directors  was  held  on  Jan- 
uary 7,  when  it  was  voted  that  the  initiation  fee 
for  that  month  be  waived  and  that  special  ef- 
forts be  made  in  securing  new  members.  It  was 
also  voted  that  the  cups  for  Spring  and  Fall 
series  of  matinees  in  the  future  be  purchased 
early  in  the  year  and  placed  on  exhibition,  and 
after  the  close  of  each  series  of  matinees,  that 
the  awarding  of  the  cups  be  within  two  weeks. 
It  was  also  voted  that  in  the  future  the  docu- 
ments and  records  of  the  racing  seasons  be 
turned  over  to  the  executive  committee  for  ap- 
proval. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  club  was  held 
on  January  12,  and  the  following  officers  were 
elected  for  the  ensuing  year :  President,  F.  C. 
Oarmon;  vice-presidents,  A.  S.  Bigelow,  F.  O. 
Hall,  C.  W.  Leonard,  H.  M.  Whitney,  John 
Shepard,  M.  Ooodspeed,  J.  V.  N.  Stults; 
treasurer,  C.  H.  Dbw;  secretary,  W.  L.  Dunt- 
ley;  directors,  John  Shepard,  C.  H.  Belledeu, 
W.  J.  Furbush,  M.  Ooodspeed,  Isaac  Sexton, 
F.  C.  Oarmon,  J.  V.  N.  Stults,  A.  J.  Furbush, 
E.  A.  Bayley,  C.  H.  Dow,  B.  W.  Ck)ve, 
Henry  VVood,  B.  W.  Carpenter,  W.  B. 
Farmer,  C.  C.  Mayberry;  executive  commit- 
tee, B.  W.  Carpenter,  F.  C.  Oarmon,  C.  H. 
Dow,  C.  H.  Belledeu.  C.  C.  Mayberry,  A.  J. 
Furbush,  Isaac  Sexton. 

On  a  rising  vote  the  retiring  president,  C.  H. 
Belledeu,  was  given  a  general  expression  of 
good  will  and  esteem  for  his  great  executive 
ability,  demonstrated  the  three  years  that  he 


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guided  the  club.  At  the  conclusion  of  the  elec- 
tion of  officers,  the  record  of  the  racing  com- 
mittee was  accepted,  and  on  motion  of  A.  W. 
Davis  a  vote  of  thanks  was  tendered  Chair- 
man T-  W.  Dorey  for  his  excellent  work  dur- 


ing- the  season  of  igoc). 

With   the   retirement   of   Mr.    Dc 


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FRED  C.  GARMON 
President    1910-1911  and  part  of  1912 

the  racing  committee,  G.  Pray  Smith  was 
elected  in  his  place  as  chairman.  H.  H. 
Cook  was  made  official  handicapper,  a  new 
office  for  the  club. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  club  held  March  4, 
several  changes  were  made  in  the  racing  rules. 
One  was  the  racing  off  of  a  tie  at  the  end  of 
a  race  for  a  position,  and  that  the  horse  start- 
ing shall  have  one  point,  and  any  horse  hav- 
ing a  walk-over  shall  have  two  points. 

The  second  horse  show  of  the  club  was  held 
on  May  19.  With  the  record  breaking  crowd 
present,  and  the  list  of  entries  so  large,  it  was 
imperative  that  the  judging  of  the  classes  be- 
gin in  the  middle  of  the  forenoon,  and  even 
then  it  was  not  concluded  until  after  sunset. 
In  the  event  for  speedway  trotters,  H.  H. 
Cook  won  the  silver  cup  and  blue  ribbon  with 
Billy  Ross,  while  in  the  class  for  speedway 
pacers  the  silver  cup  and  blue  ribbon  were 
taken  by  the  speedway  champion,  Chief  Wil- 
kie,  the  property  of  W.  J.  McDonald.  Miss 
Eleanora  Sears  was  one  of  the  most  conspicu- 
ous figures  of  the  day,  winning  three  blue 
and  four  red  ribbons  with  the  horses  she 
drove.  The  officials  were  H.  L.  Camp,  Middle- 
town,  Conn. ;  S.  A.  Maurvais,  Millet,  Mass. ; 


A.  L.  Power,  Norwell,  Mass.,  and  J.  B.  Stults, 
Boston,  Mass. 

A  review  of  the  racing  events  showed  that 
the  contests  were  as  liberally  supported  and  as 
closely  contested  as  had  always  been  the  case 
since  the  inception  of  the  club,  and,  while  the 
sport  was  exciting,  yet  no  new  speedway  rec- 
ords were  made. 

On  the  evening  of  July  8,  at  the  clubhouse, 
the  trophies  for  the  Spring  series  were  award- 
ed. The  speed  cup  differed  from  the  time  cup 
inasmuch  that  it  was  for  the  fastest  average 
time  in  a  winning  race,  while  the  time  cup 
was  for  the  fastest  heat.     The  winners  were : 

SPRING    SERIES 
Trotters 
Time  cup — Chauncy  Sears'  Chase,  i  :oo  1-4. 
Speed  cup — W.  J.  Furbush's  Louise  G.,   i  :02  1-2. 
First  point  cup — B.  W.  Gove's  B.  R.  C. 
Second  point  cup — W.  J.  McDonald's  Dodie  K. 
Slow  Cup — T.  H.  Hubbard's  Blue  Clay. 

Pacers 
Time  cup — Henry  Reid's  Edwin  S.,  I  :oi. 
Speed  cup — E.  F.  Adams'  Tony  D.,  i  :02  3-4. 
First  point  cup — E.  S.  Morse's  Billy  F. 
Second  point  cup — C.   C.  Mayberry's  Claberta. 
Slow  cup — A.  I.  Nelson's  Red  George. 

FALL  SERIES 
Trotters 
Time  cup — F.  L.  Sanborn's  Billie  J.,  I  ;02  1-4,  i  :02  1-2. 
Speed  cup — B.  W.  Gove's  Victor  C,  i  ;o3  1-4,  i  :04. 
First  point  cup — A.  I.  Nelson's  Dandy  Jim. 
Second  point  cup — W.  J.  McDonald's  Munroe. 
Slow  cup — H.   B.  Ralston's   Cinnamon  Girl. 

Pacers 
Time  cup — W.  J.  McDonald's  Chief  Wilkie,  i  ;02. 
Speed  cup — E.  S.  Morse's  Billy  F.,  I  :04  1-4,  i  :04  1-2. 
First  point  cup — C.  A.  Thompson's  Johnny  Smoker. 
Second  point  cup — A.  C.  Furbush's  Louise  Direct. 
Slow  cup — M.  F.  Maher's  Lady  Pinewood. 


SEASON  OF  1911 


The  annual  meeting  was  held  on  January 
II,  and  the  following  officers  were  elected: 
President,  F.  C.  Garmon;  vice-presidents, 
A.  S.  Bigelow,  F.  G.  Hall,  C.  W.  Leonard, 
H.  M.  Whitney,  John  Shepard,  M.  Good- 
speed  and  J.  V.  N.  Stults ;  treasurer,  C.  H. 
I)ow ;  secretary,  W.  L.  Duntley ;  directors, 
John  Shepard,  C.  H.  Belledeu,  W.  J.  Furbush, 
C.  S.  Spencer,  Isaac  Sexton,  F.  C.  Garmon, 
W.  J.  Lovell,  A.  J.  Furbush,  E.  A.  Bayley, 
C.  H.  Dow,  B.  W.  Gove,  Henry  Wood,  B.  W. 
Carpenter,  A.  L.  Power  and  C.  C.  Mayberry ; 
executive  committee,  A.  L.  Power,  C.  H. 
Dow,  A.  J.  Furbush,  C.  C.  Mayberry,  F.  C. 
Garmon,  C.  H.  Belledeu  and  W.  J.  Lovell. 

It  was  voted  at  this  meeting  that  horses,  to 
be  eligible  to  start  in  interclub  races,  must 
have  started  in  at  least  three  res^ular  matinees 


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over  the  home  track,  and  to  have  been  owned 
by  a  man  who  has  been  a  member  of  the  ckib 
for  at  least  three  matinees.  Furthermore,  that 
the  Metropohtan  Driving  Club  would  not  par- 
ticipate in  interclub  racing  unless  hopples  were 
barred  in  the  contests. 

So  successful  was  the  clambake,  held  in  the 
Fall  of  191 1,  that  the  club  agreed  to  make  it 
an  annual  affair,  the  same  to  be  left  in  the 
hands  of  the  entertainment  committee. 

At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  club,  the  res- 
ignation of  E.  A.  Bayley  as  director  and  mem- 
ber of  the  club  was  accepted,  much  to  the  re- 
gret of  the  members,  who  appreciated  the 
earnest  efforts  he  made  in  promoting  the  in- 
terests of  the  organization. 

The  annual  horse  show  was  fully  as  suc- 
cessful as  the  preceding  one,  and  was  handled 
admirably  by  Edgar  Power,  E.  A.  Fuller  and 
A.  W.  Davis.  Later  in  the  year,  Maurice  E. 
Dimond  was  elected  chairman  of  the  horse 
show  committee. 

The  owners  of  fast  trotters  and  pacers  were 
out  in  full  force,  as  usual,  during  the  racing 
season,  and  there  was  keen  competition  for 
the  prizes  offered.  A  feature  of  the  wind-up 
of  the  Spring  series  was  a  dinner  and  dance 
at  the  clubhouse.  Before  the  members  and 
ladies  sat  down  to  the  banquet  table,  the  cups 
and  ribbons  were  awarded  to  the  winners  of 
the  various  classes,  Arthur  Power,  the  official 
starter  for  the  club,  presenting  the  trophies. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  Fall  series,  a  no- 
table fact  that  came  to  hand  was  that  W.  J. 
McDonald's  Chief  Wilkie  had,  during  his 
speedway  career,  raced  nearly  one  hundred 
heats  close  to  a  minute,  and  in  one  of  the  mat- 
inees that  Fall  he  stepped  two  successive  heats 
in  59  1-4  seconds.  During  the  season  he  had 
taken  the  word  in  18  regular  races  over  the 
Charles  River  Speedway,  winning  17  of  them. 
This  left  no  doubt,  of  course,  that  he  was 
clearly  entitled  to  the  distinction  of  champion 
of  all  pacers  owned  by  members  of  the  club. 
The  prize  winners  for  the  year  were : 

SPRING    SERIES 
Trotters 

Time  cup — E.  H.  Marrow's  Hawkins,  i  :02  1-2. 

Speed  cup — C.  A.  Thompson's  Margate,  I  :02  1-4. 

First  point  cup — T.  H.  Hubbard's  Patricia. 

Second  point  cup — F.  C.  Garmon's  Torreon. 

Slow  cup— W.  J.  McDonald's  Castle  Todd,  1:193-8, 

First  special  ribbon — Edgar  Power's  Prince  of  Mo- 
naco. 

Second  special  ribbon — O.  H.  Johnson's  Silence. 

Third    special   ribbon — E.   J.    Scanlon's    Nancy   Old- 
tield,   I  :07  2-3. 

Pacers 
Time  cup — W.  J.  McDonald's  Chief  Wilkie,  i  :oo  1-2. 
Speed  cup — J.  O.  Reay's  Wesley  Summers,  i  :os. 
First  point  cup — C.  C.  Mayberry's  Claberta. 


Second  point  cup — J.  D.  Thompson's  Edith  R. 
Slow  time  cup — T.  J.  Watt's  Elmwood   1:125-8. 
First  special  ribbon — I.  Buffington's  Country  Boy. 
Second  special  ribbon — E.  S.  Morse's  Billy  F. 
Third  special  ribbon — M.  F.  Maher's  Lady  Pinewood. 

The  battle  for  cups  in  the  Fall  matinee 
series  by  the  horses  of  the  Metropolitan  Driv- 
ing Club  was  very  keen,  and,  in  several  in- 
stances, the  lucky  horse  got  the  trophy  by  the 
narrow  margin  of  one  point.  During  the  Fall 
season  330  horses  started  in  the  ten  matinees, 
as  compared  with  304  in  the  Fall  series  of 
1910. 

Following  is  the  official  list  of  cup  winners. 
As  three  pacers  were  tied  with  30  points,  the 
cups,  according  to  rule,  went  to  those  having 
the  fastest  average  time,  hence  Lady  Pinewood 
and  Chester  Boy  received  the  awards. 

FALL   SERIES 
Trotters 
Time  cup — W.  J.  McDonald's  Demarest,  i  :04  1-4. 
Speed  cup — W.  J.  McDonald's  La  Boudie,   i  :02  1-4. 
First  point  cup — W.  J.  McDonald's  Castle  Todd. 
Second  point  cup — D,  M.  Holmes'  Major  Dillard. 
Slow   cup — G.    W.    Norton's    Ned   Norton,    i  -.ly  1-2, 
1:18. 

Pacers 
Time  cup — W.  J.  McDonald's  Chief  Wilkie,  59  1-4S. 
Speed     cup — S.     B.     Hastings'     Star     Lilly     Bingen, 

I  :03  1-8. 
First  point  cup — C.  G.  Newcomb's  Chester  Boy. 
Second  point  cup — M.  F.  Maher's  Lady  Pinewood. 
Slow  cup — W.  J.  Lovell's  Helen  L.,  I  :I7  1-2,  i  :i8. 


SEASON  OF  1912 


For  the  third  successive  year  Fred  C.  Gar- 
mon  was  elected  president  of  the  driving  club 
at  the  annual  meeting,  held  on  January  10,  the 
other  officers  being  as  follows :  Vice-presi- 
dents, John  Shepard,  T.  H.  Hubbard,  J.  AC  N. 
Stults,"  A.  H.  Parker,  M.  Goodspeed,  A.  J. 
Furbush,  and  C.  H.  Belledeu;  treasurer,  C.  H. 
Dow;  secretary,  W.  L.  Duntley;  directors, 
F.  C.  Garmon,  W.  D.  Hunt,  C.  H.  Dow,  W.  J. 
McDonald,  Geo.  F.  Leonard,  Henry  Wood, 
W.  J.  Furbush,  C.  S.  Spencer,  B.  W.  Gove, 

A.  H.  Power,  C:  C.  Mayberry,  Geo.  D.  Mer- 
rill, W.  J.  Lovell,  A.  H.  Parker,  and  E.  H. 
Kingman ;  executive  committee,  F.  C.  Garmon, 
C.  S.  Spencer,  C.  H.  Dow,  Geo.  F.  Leonard, 

B.  W.  Gove,  A.  H.  Power,  and  C.  C.  May- 
berry. 

Superintendent  Gilman  having  promised 
that  the  new  half-mile  track,  located  opposite 
the  clubhouse  and  between  the  straightaway 
speedway  and  the  river,  w^ould  be  ready  for 
racing  on  April  19,  it  was  voted  by  the  club 
that  the  occasion  be  celebrated  with  a 
grand  opening  day,  which  would  include  a 
horse  show  and  matinee  racing,  members  of 


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45 


other  clubs  to  be  invited  to  send  their  horses 
and  participate  on  that  occasion. 

The  excellent  services  rendered  by  G.  Pray 
Smith  and  Jesse  Eddy  on  the  racing  commit- 
tee in  the  past  year  were  recognized  by  the 
club  giving  them  a  vote  of  thanks  and  the 
president  appointing  them  to  again  serve  in 
the  same  capacity  the  ensuing  year. 

At  the  directors'  meeting  held  on  January 
25,  Mr.  Eddy  resigned  as  secretary  of  the 
racing  committee,  and  W.  D.  Hunt  from  the 
board  of  directors  and  racing  committee.  The 
vacancy  of  Mr.  Eddy  was  filled  by  the  selec- 
tion of  J.  O.  Reay,  while  Mr.  Hunt's  place  on 
the  board  of  directors  was  taken  by  A.  J.  Fur- 
bush. 

So  much  pressure  was  brought  to  bear  on 
Mr.  Eddy  that,  at  the  directors'  meeting  held 
on  February  21,  he  was  once  more  put  on  the 
racing  committee,  with  the  position  of  secre- 
tary and  clerk.  While  Mr.  Eddy  felt  that  his 
business  connections  were  such  that  it  was  al- 
most impossible  for  him  to  spare  the  required 
time  in  filling  the  position,  yet  he  did  not  dis- 
appoint the  active  racing  members  of  the 
club  and  accepted  the  position  for,  at  least, 
the  coming  season. 

It  was  decided,  too,  at  this  meeting  that  the 
horse  show  on  April  19  be  abandoned  and  the 
day  be  given  entirely  to  matinee  racing. 

On  June  24  there  was  a  surprise  sprung  on 
the  members  by  President  F.  C.  Gannon  re- 
signing his  position  as  president  and  director. 
It  was  voted  by  the  board  to  lay  the  resigna- 
tion on  the  table,  as  they  were  loath  to  lose 
the  services  of  Mr.  Garmon  during  the  bal- 
ance of  the  year,  and  it  was  thought  that  pos- 
sibly, by  communicating  personally  with  Mr. 
Garmon,  he  might  be  prevailed  upon  to  change 
his  mind  and  hold  the  chair.  It  was  said  the 
reason  that  Mr.  Garmon  tendered  his  resigna- 
tion was  on  account  of  his  business.  The 
board  held  his  resignation  on  the  table  until 
the  meeting  held  on  November  18,  at  the  very 
end  of  the  Fall  series  of  matinee  racing,  when 
they  elected  C.  S.  Spencer  p-esident,  to  serve 
the  unexpired  term  of  Mr.  Garmon. 

With  the  use  ot  the  half-mile  track  for  rac- 
ing, there  was  an  impetus  for  the  members  to 
take  part  in  the  matinees,  many  more  horses 
taking  the  word  in  the  Spring  series  than  had 
ever  before  in  the  early  portion  of  the  year. 
To  the  credit  of  Superintendent  Gilman,  the 
footing  was  very  good  for  a  track  just  built, 
and  with  use  kept  constantly  improving,  the 
time  made  in  the  different  races  showing  that 
at  no  time  was  it  very  slow. 

The  best  heat  by  a  pacer  over  the  half-mile 
track  for  the  Spring  series  was  made  by  Chief 


Wilkie    on    June    18,    when    he    stepped    in 
I  :o5  1-4. 

A  peculiar  condition  prevailed  in  the  trot- 
ting division,  as,  on  July  9,  three  horses  placed 
the  record  at  the  same  notch,  and  each  was  a 
starter  in  the  same  race.  First  away  was  A.  J. 
Furbush,  winning  the  first  heat  with  W.  J. 
McDonald's  Demarest  in  i  :o7  1-4.  Then  the 
second  trip  Mr.  McDonald,  himself,  won  with 
La  Boudie,  and  in  the  third,  Chauncy  Sears 
stepped  his  trotter.  Major  Wellington,  around 
the  track  in  i  :o7  1-4.  The  event,  by  the  way, 
was  won  by  Demarest,  who  trotted  the  fourth 
heat  in  i  :o8  1-4. 

SPRING   SERIES 
Trotters 
Time  cup — W.  J.  McDonald's  Demarest,  I  :o7  1-4. 
Speed     cup — Chauncy     Sears'     Major     Wellington, 

I  :07  1-4, 
First  heat  cup — A.  J.  Furbush's  Velzora   (11  heats). 
Second  heat  cup — W.  J.  McDonald's  Castle  Todd  (ro 

heats). 
First    heat    cup — (4-year-oIds     and     under) — H.    B. 

Ralston's  Hector  K.  (12  heats). 
Second    heat   cup    (4-year-olds    and    under) — H.    B. 

Ralston's  Codare   (11   heats). 

Pacers 
Time  cup — W.  J.  McDonald's  Chief  Wilkie,  i  :05  1-4. 
Speed  cup — W.  J.  Furbush's  Will  Be  Sure,  I  :o6. 
First  heat  cup — J.  D.  Thompson's  Spim   (13  heats), 

average   time,    1:0811-13. 
Second  heat  cup — B.  W.  Gove's  Mardel     (13  heats), 

average  time,  1:1023-26. 

The  executive  committee  decided  that  for 
the  Fall  series  there  would  be  no  cups  offered 
for  prizes,  the  incentive  to  win  being  consid- 
ered sufficient  with  the  awarding  of  ribbons 
for  the  different  races. 

The  principal  feature  of  the  series  was 
Demarest,  owned  by  W.  J.  McDonald,  on  Oc- 
tober 18,  lowering  the  half-mile  track  record 
for  trotters  to  i  :o6  3-4,  a  reduction  of  one- 
half  second.  On  October  19,  over  the  straight- 
away speedway,  Chief  Wilkie  paced  a  heat  in 
I  :oo,  wdiile  on  the  same  afternoon  Demarest 
trotted  his  heat  in  i  :oi,  both  of  these  per- 
foriners  being  the  property  of  W.  J.  McDon- 
ald. On  November  19  Frank  M.  Burke,  owner 
of  the  Fatherland  Farm  in  Byfield,  Mass.,  and 
who  resides  in  Ipswich,  Mass.,  brought  to  the 
Charles  River  Speedway  the  pacing  mare, 
Miss  Adbelj,  with  the  intention  of  defeating 
Chief  Wilkie,  if  such  a  thing  were  possible, 
and  it  proved  that  it  was,  as  that  afternoon 
the  champion  met  his  Waterloo,  the  time  be- 
ing I  :oi  3-4.  However,  in  justice  to  the  de- 
feated king,  it  can  be  said  that  he  was  far 
from  being  in  his  best  condition,  and  it  was 
only  that  Mr.  McDonald  did  not  wish  to  dis- 
appoint the  large  crowd  that  had  been  attract- 
ed by  the  event,  that  he  started  him  at  all  in 
the  race. 


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SEASON  OF  1913 


The  annual  meeting  of  the  club  was  held 
on  January  8,  with  President  C.  S.  Spencer 
presiding.  Following  the  reading  of  the 
minutes  of  the  last  annual  meeting,  the  elec- 
tion was  held  and  G.  Pray  Smith  was  elected 
president  for  the  ensuing  year.  Vice-presi- 
dents, John  Shepard,  A.  H.  Parker,  W.  J. 
Furibush,  C.  H.  Traiser,  L.  F.  Sanborn,  C.  B. 
Holden,  C.  G.  Newcomb ;  treasurer,  C.  H. 
Dow ;  secretary,  W.  L.  Duntley ;  directors, 
C.  S.  Spencer,  G.  D.  Merrill,  G.  W.  Norton, 
A.  J.  Furbush,  C.  H.  Dow,  T.  H.  Hubbard, 
C,  A.  Thompson,  G.  Pray  Smith,  W.  I. 
Lovell,  G.  H.  Hicks,  W.  J.  McDonald,  A.  L. 
Power,  R.  E.  Thompson,  E.  H.  Kingman,  and 
C.  C.  Mayberry ;  executive  committee,  C.  S. 
Spencer,  W.  J.  McDonald,  C.  H.  Dow,  T.  H. 
Hubbard,  C.  C.  Mayberry. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  directors  on  January 
i6,  it  was  voted,  on  the  motion  made  by  C.  C. 
Mayberry,  that  any  director  who  failed  to  at- 
tend every  executive  meeting  of  the  board 
shall  be  asked  to  resign.  This  was  on  account 
of  so  many  of  the  members  of  the  board  ac- 
cepting the  position  when  elected,  and  then 
apparently  forgetting  that  there  was  any  such 
office  for  the  remainder  of  the  year,  so  far  as 
attending  the  meetings.  It  was  also  decided 
at  this  meeting  that  with  the  election  of  W.  D. 
Hunt  as  chairman  of  the  race  committee,  it 
would  be  left  to  him  entirely  in  the  appointing 
of  his  associates  and  a  clerk.  A.  W.  Davis 
was  chosen  to  fill  the  position  of  press  agent, 
in  place  of  Wilbur  L.  Duntley,  who  had  held 
the  office  since  1908. 

On  February  18  the  resignation  of  C.  S. 
Spencer,  as  director  and  chairman  of  the  ex- 
ecutive committee,  was  received  and  accepted, 
and  the  board  of  directors  voted  that  Presi- 
dent Smith  be  instructed  to  notify  Mr.  Spen- 
cer of  the  sincere  regrets  of  the  club  that  his 
business  in  New  York  was  such  that  it  neces- 
sitated his  taking  a  residence  there  and  sever- 
ing his  connections  with  the  Metropolitan 
Driving  Club.  W.  D.  Hunt,  not  caring  for  the 
office  of  chairman  of  the  racing  committee, 
C.  C.  Mayberry  was  given  the  position,  with 
the  power  to  choose  his  associates  and  a  clerk. 
The  board  voted  on  March  13  to  purchase 
about  100,000  square  feet  of  land,  of  which 
they  had  an  option,  located  on  the  boulevard 
adjoining  the  clubhouse,  and  to  be  erected 
thereon  a  stable,  and,  also,  to  have  certain 
improvements  made  in  and  around  the  club- 
house, the  sum  of  money  to  be  expended  not 
to  exceed  $20,000. 

On  July  24  the  board  met  and  voted  that 


a  hall  be  finished  in  the  clubhouse,  as  per  plans 
of  W.  J.  McDonald. 

E.  H.  Kingman  resigned  his  position  as  di- 
rector in  July,  and  C.  H.  Dow  the  office  of 
treasurer.  W.  J.  Furbush  was  elected  to  take 
the  place  of  Mr.  Kingman,  while  A.  J.  Fur- 
bush accepted  the  position  of  treasurer.  On 
November  14  George  A.  Graves  and  W.  D. 
Hunt  were  elected  to  the  board  of  directors. 


G.  PRAY  SMITH 
President  1913-14 

Appreciatmg  the  expense  for  the  State  in 
keepmg  in  repair  the  entire  mile  of  the 
straightaway  speedway,  the  members  of  the 
driving  club  had  come  to  the  opinion  that  it 
was  quite  unnecessary  to  compel  the  State  to 
maintain  the  last  half-mile  of  the  course.  The 
result  of  this  was  that,  at  a  regular  meeting 
of  the  directors,  on  April  4,  J.  O.  Reay  made 
the  motion,  which  was  carried,  that  the  lower 
half-mile  of  the  Charles  River  straightaway 
speedway  course  be  abandoned,  and  that  a 
committee  consisting  of  Messrs.  McDonald, 
Mayberry  and  Davis  wait  upon  the  Metropol- 
itan Park  Commission  and  convey  the  vote  of 
the  club. 

Sleighing  was  limited  during  the  Winter,  the 
month  of  February  furnishing  the  largest 
supply.     On   the    14th   of    that   month.    Chief 


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47 


Wilkie  lowered  the  quarter-mile  record  for 
pacers,  to  sleigh,  by  winning  the  first  heat  of 
a  winning  race  in  29  3-4  seconds.  Miss  Adbell, 
owned  and  driven  by  Frank  Burke,  was  his 
opponent.  The  Spring  matinees  furnished  sev- 
eral matters  of  racing  interest.  On  June  3, 
Chief  Wilkie  lowered  the  pacing  record  of  the 
half-mile  track  to  i  :04  3-4,  going  against  time. 
June  17  Major  Wellington  reduced  the  trot- 
ting record  for  the  half-mile  track  to  I  :o6  1-4, 
and  in  securing  the  honor  won  a  very  com- 
mendable race,  as  the  following  summary 
shows : 

Charles  River  Speedway  (1-2  mile  track),  June  17, 

1  :o6  1-4. 
Major  Wellington,  b.  g.  (Chauncy  Sears)  2211 

Demarest,  b.  g.    (W.  J.  McDonald) 13     3     2 

Orale,  br.  m.  (W.  J.  McDonald)    3     i     2     3 

Time — 1:091-4,    1:071-2,    1:061-4,    1:081-2. 

On  May  30  was  held  the  testimonial  mati- 
nee to  ex-President  C.  S.  Spencer,  whose 
business,  as  mentioned  above,  was  calling  him 
to  reside  in  New  York  City.  There  was  a  large 
crowd  out  to  do  honor  to  the  departing  mem- 
ber of  the  club,  and  on  all  sides  were  heard 
expressions  of  regret  that  so  valuable  a  mem- 
ber was  lost  to  them. 

The  prize  winners  for  the  Spring  series  of 
matinees  were  as  follows : 

SPRING   SERIES 
Trotters 
Time      cup — Chauncy      Sears'     Major      Wellington 

1913,  Class  I,  trotting. 
Speed  cup — W.  J.  McDonald's  Demarest,  l  :07  1-4. 
First  point  cup — W.  J.  McDonald's  Orale  (40  points). 
Second   point    cup — C.    C.    Mayberry's    Margate    {37 
points). 

Pacers 
Time  cup — W.  J.  McDonald's  Chief  Wilkie,  i  :04  3-4. 
Speed  cup — W.  J.  FurbUsh's  Will  Be  Sure,  i  :o6  1-2. 
First  point  cup — George  W.  Norton's  George  N.   (43 

points). 
Second  point  cup — A.  C.  Furbush's  Ethel  Direct   (35 

points). 

There  were  no  cups  offered  for  the  Fall 
series.  A  notable  addition  to  the  racing  fra- 
ternity was  George  A.  Graves  with  his  trotter, 
Bronson,  2:12,  and  he  amply  proved  how  val- 
uable a  speedway  trotter  he  was  by  defeating 
his  field  week  after  week. 

On  November  i  he  set  a  trotting  record  for 
the  half-mile  track  at  2:18  3-4,  beating  Major 
A'Vellington,  Morine  and  La  Boudie.  There  was 
a  great  deal  of  interest  manifested  in  this  race, 
as  many  thought  they  would  see  the  downfall 
of  Bronson  by  the  mare  Morine,  owned  and 
driven  by  Sam  Hastings,  that  had  been  very 
successful  in  the  professional  races  of  that 
season,  getting  a  record  of  2  109  1-4  at  Colum- 
bus,  O.    The  week  following  Bronson  again 


defeated  the  same  field  in  straight  heats,  ancf 
further  reduced  the  track  record  to  2:15  1-4. 
In  the  pacing  division  Chief  Wilkie,  as  had 
been  the  case  for  a  number  of  seasons,  con- 
tinued to  hold  the  championship. 


SEASON  OF  1914 


The  annual  meeting  and  election  of  officers 
of  the  Metropolitan  Driving  Club  was  held  at 


JOHN  S.  OILMAN 

Supt.    of    Charles    River    Speedway.      His    Hard 

"Work  Made  the  Plant  Perfect  for  the 

Amateur  Horsemen 

the  club  on  the  evening  of  January  14,  and 
the  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  en- 
suing year :  President,  G.  Pray  Smith ;  hon- 
orary presidents,  C.  H.  Belledeu  and  F.  C. 
Garmon  ;  vice-presidents,  John  Shepard.  W.  D. 
Hunt,  J^  M.  Johnson,  A.  H.  Parker,  G.  G. 
Hall,  Chauncy  Sears,  A.  W.  Hastings,  War- 
ren Kimball,  Frank  Burke,  Fred  H.  Bellows, 
C.  B.  Holden,  L.  F.  Sanborn,  C.  G.  Newcomb, 
and  G.  A.  Law ;  secretary,  W.  L.  Duntley ; 
treasurer,  John  N.  MacLeod ;  directors,  G. 
Pray  Smith,  George  D.  Merrill,  George  H. 
Hicks,  George  W.  Norton,  T.  H.  Hubbard, 
W.  J.  Lovell,  W.  J.   McDonald,  C.  C.   May- 


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The  Driving  Clubs  of  Greater  Boston 


berr)',  A.  J-  Furbush,  W.  J.  Furbush.  George 
A.  Graves,  Dr.  C.  A.  Thompson,  A.  L.  Power, 
R.  E.  Thompson,  C.  H.  Traiser ;  executive 
committee,  W.  J.  McDonald,  George  A. 
Graves,  C.  H.  Traiser,  C.  C.  Mayberry,  and 
G.  Pray  Smith. 

After  remarks  by  the  new  treasurer  and  by 
VV.  J.  McDonald,  relative  to  proposed  building 
operations  of  the  club,  which  were  received 
with  much  applause,  a  silver  ice  cream  set  was 
presented  to  the  president  and  Mrs.  Smith,  the 
latter  the  president  of  the  Ladies'  Auxiliary. 
and  the  token  of  esteem  was  received  by  Mr. 
Smith  with  appropriate  words  of  thanks. 

It  was  voted  by  the  club  that  no  prizes, 
other  than  ribbons,  be  given  for  the  racing 
awards  of  19 14. 


field  that  enjoyed  the  sport  were  George 
Leonard  with  his  handsome  trotter,  Southern 
Spy;  William  Lovell  with  Margaret  L.,  and 
Fred  Gannon  with  Mokello,  each  of  these 
horses  showing  up  excellently  in  the  snow 
matinees  that  they  took  part  in. 

\\'hile  there  were  no  cups  offered  for  the 
series  of  races,  yet  there  was  plenty  of  inter- 
est manifested,  the  racing  being  of  a  very 
brilliant  order.  Ruth  D.  made  her  initial  start 
on  the  dirt  on  May  16,  and  showed  her  speed 
by  defeating  Chief  Wilkie  and  taking  the  sec- 
ond heat  in  1.05  r-2.  On  the  19th  of  the  same 
month.  Chief  Wilkie,  to  show  that  he  was  not 
a  dead  toad  in  the  puddle,  turned  the  tables  on 
Ruth  D.,  not  only  beating  her  in  straight  heats, 
but  lowering  the  half-mile  track  pacing  record 


i    ! 


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METROPOLITAN  CLUB  STABLE 
Dedicated  on  July  25,  1914.     A  Perfect  Home  for  the  Horse  in  Its  Sanitary  and  Model  Construction 


At  the  directors'  meeting,  on  April  29,  it 
was  voted  that  the  club  colors  be  blue  and 
gold,  and  that  in  case  of  postponement  of  any 
Tuesday  matinee  that  the  meet  be  held  on  the 
following  Saturday. 

Again  this  Winter  the  lovers  of  sleighing 
had  but  little  of  their  favorite  sport,  the  snow 
only  lasting  for  a  couple  of  weeks  in  the 
month  of  February.  The  racing  fraternity 
were  greatly  excited  over  the  arrival  of  a  new 
Roman  in  the  pacing  field,  J.  O.  Reay  having 
purchased  the  prominent  mare  Ruth  D., 
2  :o6  1-4.  This  mare  had  been  campaigned  for 
several  years  over  both  mile  and  half-mile 
tracks  with  pronounced  success,  and  it  was 
openly  stated  by  Mr.  Reay  and  his  friends  that 
it  was  the  hope  of  the  admirers  of  Ruth  D. 
that  she  displace  Chief  Wilkie  for  the  pacing 
championship. 

For  some  time,  too,  Frank  Burke  had  had 
at  his  Fatherland  Farm  the  pacing  mare  Aliss 
De  Forest,  2  .-05  1-4,  and  when  the  sleighing 
arrived  she  was  shipped  to  the  Mets'  club 
stable.     Among    others    new    to    the    matinee 


to  I  :o4,  the  first  heat,  and  capturing  the  second 
heat  in  i  :o6. 

On  May  26  Demarest  reduced  the  half-mile 
record  for  trotters  on  the  two-lapped  track  to 
I  :o4  3-4,  defeating  Major  Wellington  in 
straight  heats. 

The  warmest  battle  of  the  Spring  series  oc- 
curred on  June  2,  when  Ethel  Direct  won  her 
race  in  five  grilling  heats  and  in  which  event 
all  four  of  the  starters  succeeded  in  annexing 
a  heat.   The  summary  of  this  race  is  appended  : 

Charles  River  Speedway   (1-2  mile  track),  June  2, 
1914 — Class  I,   pace. 
Ethel  Direct  blk.  m.  (A.  C.  Furbush)     3 
The  Pink  Lady,  b.  m.   (A.  G.  King)     4 

Spim,  b.  g.   (C.  A.  Thompson) 2 

Miss  Vassar.  ro.  m.  (B.  W.  Gove).,     i 

Time — 1:13,   i  :o8  i-2,   1:10,    1:111-2,   1:091-4. 

Bronson  was  never  in  so  good  condition  as 
in  his  Spring  races,  which  was  later  proved 
by  his  remarkable  professional  campaign  over 
the  half-mile  and  mile  tracks,  where  he  won 
many  races  for  his  owner  and  driver,  G.  A. 
Graves.    On  July  7  he  met  the  fastest  field  of 


I 

3 

4 

I 

2 

I 

2 

3 

4 

4 

I 

2 

3 

2 

3 

4 

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trotters  owned  in  the  club,  and  defeated  them  taking  ten  laps  around  the  interior  to  make  a 

in   straight  heats,  lowering  the  previous  rec-  mile.    The  stable  must  make  a  valuable  addi- 

ord  of  the  course  to   2:141-2,  as  per   sum-  tion  to  the  already  perfectly  equipped  quarters 

mary:  of  the  club. 

July  7,  1914— Class  F,  trot— (1-2  mile  track).  The    annual     clambake     was    held    on    Co- 

Bronson,  b.  g.  (G.  A.  Graves)   i     i  lumbus  Dav,  October  12,  and  the  affair  was 

Major  Wellington,  b.  g.  (C.  Sears)  2    3  a  gala   one',   the   club   holding  in   connection 

Demarest,  b,  g    (W   J.  McDonald)    4     2  ^^,-^^^  ^j^^  ^^^            ^               j             f  ^^-        ^ 

h..  D.  M.,  b.  g.  (A.  J.  l^urbush )    34  ,         ,                              ,             ,     ,         .                       ' 

Xin,g 2:151-2  2  14  1-2  '"■    band   concert,   and    a   whole   atternoon    01 

very  closely   contested  racing  on  the   speed- 

The  dedication  of  the  new  stable  was  held  v/ay.     About  250  gathered  in  the  south  end 

on  July  25,  with  2,500  spectators  present  to  of  the  new  stable  for  the  clambake  spread, 

see  the  matinee  racing.    It  was  a  perfect  day  which  was  served  under  the  direction  of  the 

for  the  occasion,  and  the  members  were  hos-  Ladies'     Auxiliary.       One     of     the     largest 

pitably  entertained   by   the  Ladies'   Auxiliary  crowds  ever  at  the  speedway  saw  the  racing 

of  the  club  serving  a  sumptuous  luncheon  in  and     horse     show     and     enjoyed  the  music, 

the  clubhouse.  Every   inch    of   space  in   the   clubhouse   was 

Invitations  had  been  extended  to  the  other  occupied  by  the  members  and  their  guests, 

driving  clubs  of  Greater  Boston,  and  quite  a  About  twenty-five  members  of  the  club  had 

liberal  entry  from  them  had  been  received  in  a  dinner  at  the  Revere  House  on  Oct.  23.    The 

the   seventeen  races  on  the  card.    When   the  feature  event  of  the  evening  was  the  presenta- 

day's  sport  was  concluded,  it  was  found  the  tion  to  George  A.  Graves  of  a  finely  executed 

Fellsways  had  won  two  blues,  three  reds,  and  oil  painting  of  himself  and  his  trotting  geld- 

one    yellow    ribbon ;    the    Ouannapowitts    one  ing,  Bronson,  the  work  of  Wilbur  L.  Duntley. 

blue,  three  reds,  and  one  yellow  ribbon ;  and  President      Smith      rnade-     the      presentation 

the  Dorchesters,  one  blue,  one  red,  and  two  speech.     Following  the  dinner  was  discussed 

yellow  ribbons.  the  improvement  of  the  clubhouse. 

In  the  fast  pacing  event,  Ruth  D.,  driven  by  Following  a  meeting  in  the  clubhouse  the 
Robert  Thompson  for  Mr.  Reay,  equaled  the  members  and  their  wives  and  guests  enjoyed  the 
half-mile  pacing  record  of  i  :o4,  held  by  .Chief  evening  of  Oct.  30  with  a  Hallowe'en  party 
Wilkie  over  the  circular  track,  by  defeating  which  was  given  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Miss  Adbell  in  straight  heats,  in  the  second  Ladies'  Auxiliary.  The  clubhouse  was  pret- 
one  making  her  fast  time.  In  the  feature  trot,  tily  decorated  with  Hallowe'en  novelties,  and 
W.  D.  Hunt's  Mike  Agan,  driven  by  G.  A.  games  of  the  night  were  held,  including  bob- 
Graves,  headed  the  summary,  and  won  the  bing  for  apples,  potato  race,  etc.,  for  which 
first  heat  in  2:17  3-4.  prizes  were  presented.     A   fortune-teller  also 

Between  heats  the  members  critically  exam-  caused   much   merriment.      Dancing   was    en- 

ined  and  favorably  commented  on  the  model  joyed   in  the    main    room,    \vhile    whist  was 

and  sanitary  construction  of  the  new  stable,  played  in  the  reception  room. 

Itwas  found  there  were  stalls  for  54  horses,  Of  the  Fall  series  of  matinees  there  were 

with    offices    for    the    trainers    and    sleeping  two    prominent   features,    the    superiority    of 

rooms  for  the  grooms.    The  stalls  are  located  George  A.  Graves'  Bronson  in  the  fast  trotting 

so  as  to  give  each  plenty  of  light  and  fresh  class  and  Frank  M.  Burke's  series  of  victories 

air,  being  all  "outside  rooms,"  as  it  were.     A  with  Miss  De  Forest  in  the  fast  pacing  events, 

good  point,  too,  was  giving  so  much  space  on  The  popular  little  trotting  mare,  Martha  G., 

the  inside  of  the  stable,  that  in  bad  weather  the  property  of  J.  W.  Ellis,  was  also  a  consist- 

the  horses  could  be  jogged  under  cover,  it  onl>  ent  blue  ribbon  winner. 


The  Ladies'  Auxiliary  of  the 
Metropolitan   Driving  Club 


SIX  years  ago  a  ladies'  auxiliar}-  to  a 
gentlemen's  driving  club  was  un- 
known, but  G.  Pray  Smith  had  long 
fostered  the  thought  that  some  day 
there  might  be  such  an  organization 
connected  with  the  Metropolitan  Driving  Club 
of  Boston. 

The  subject  was  discussed  with  the  members 
of  the  club  until  in  January,  1909,  when,  at  an 
entertainment  held  in  the  clubhouse,  Mr. 
Smith  was  requested  to  appoint  a  committee 
whose  duties  would  be  to  organize  a  Ladies' 
Auxiliary  to  the  Metropolitan  Club,  and  the 
following  ladies  were  placed  on  the  commit- 
tee:  Mrs.  W.  J.  McDonald,  Mrs.  A.  J.  Fur- 
bush,  yirs.  Fred  C.  Gannon,  Mrs.  Wilbur  L. 
IDuntley  and  Mrs.  G.  Pray  Smith. 

Owing  to  the  numerous  social  engagements 
of  the  ladies  it  was  not  until  the  latter  part  of 
February  that  a  meeting,  called  by  Mrs.  VV.  J. 
McDonald,  was  held.  Mrs.  G.  Pray  Smith 
was  elected  chairJady,  and  then  was  born  an 
organization,  unique  in  its  name  and  its  ob- 
ject. 

One  week  later,  on  IMarch  5,  the  first  regu- 
lar meeting  was  held ;  the  work  of  the  com- 
mittees was  ratified,  by-laws  adopted  and  offi- 
cers elected.  No  precedent  guided  this  young 
organization.  They  were  obliged,  as  it  were, 
to  blaze  the  way  through  unoccupied  ground, 
but  from  the  very  first  business  principles 
were  strictly  adhered  to,  with  the  result  that 
the  auxiliary  have  always  been  a  thoroughly 
organized  working  power,  with  this  object  in 
view :  "To  cement  the  bonds  of  friendship 
and  advance  the  social  interests  of  the  Metro- 
politan Driving  Club."' 

The  membership  consisted  of  the  mothers, 
wives,  sisters  and  daughters  of  the  members 
of  the  Metropolitan  Club.  The  dues  were 
placed  at  $3  per  year,  which  entitled  the  mem- 
bers to  many  social  advantages.  The  auxil- 
iary colors  adopted  were  blue,  which,  set  in  a 
gold  border,  made  a  very  pretty  pin  for  the 
members.  The  following  are  the  first  officers 
of  the  auxiliary : 

President,  Mrs.  G.  Pray  Smith ;  first  vice- 
president,  Mrs.  C.  H.  Belledeu ;  second  vice- 
president,  Mrs.  W.  L.  Duntley;  secretary, 
Mrs.  Nellie  Dorey;  treasurer,  Mrs.  A.  J.  Fur- 
bush.  Executive  board — Mrs.  F.  C.  Garmon, 
chairlady;  Mrs.  H.  H.  Cook,  Mrs.  Jesse  Eddy, 
Mrs.  AV.  J.  McDonald  and  Mrs.  G.  D.  Merrill. 
Entertainment  committee — Mrs.  W.  J.  McDon- 
ald, chairlady ;  Mrs.  A.  J.  Furbush  and  Mrs. 
B.  W.  Carpenter.  Hospitality  committee — 
Mrs.  B.  W.  Gove,  chairlady ;  Mrs.  A.  J.  Fur- 
bush.  Mrs.  H.  E.  Prescott,  Mrs.  C.  E.  Austin, 
Mrs.  J.  T.  Bailey  and  Mrs.  J.  Brigham. 


In  1910  the  only  change  in  the  list  of  offi- 
cers was  Mrs.  F.  C.  Garmon  being  elected 
secretary  in  place  of  Mrs.  Nellie  Dorey.  The 
following  year,  Mrs.  H.  E.  Prescott  took  the 
position  of  secretary.  In  1912  the  officers 
were  the  same,  with  the  exception  of  Mrs. 
G.  D.  Merrill  becoming  second  vice-president. 
In  1913  Mrs.  G.  D.  Merrill  was  first  vice-presi- 
dent, and  the  second  vice-president  was  Mrs. 
J.  D.  Thompson,  the  other  officials  being  re- 
elected. 

After  four  years  existence  the  members, 
feeling  that  there  was  a  call  for  their  activities 
outside  of  social  duties,  entered  the  realm  of 
charity,  and  in  the  Spring  of  191 3  raised, 
through  the  generosity  of  their  friends,  and 
especially  the  members  of  the  Metropolitan 
Club,  a  fund  for  the  Floating  Hospital;  out 
of  this  fund,  in  June,  1913,  they  paid  $250  to 
the  Floating  Hospital  for  a  permanent  bed  for 
five  years,  to  be  known  as  the  Ladies'  Auxil- 
iary and  Metropolitan  Driving  Club  Bed,  and 
thus  showed  to  the  general  public  that  the, 
members  of  the  auxiliary  and  of  the  M.  D.  C. 
were  not  devoted  entirely  to  pleasure,  but  that 
they  wished  to  assist  the  unfortunate.  A  smail 
balance  was  left  in  the  fund,  which  is  still  held 
sacred  for  the  use  of  the  Floating  Hospital. 

At  the  annual  election  in  1914  the  result  was 
as  follows :  President,  Mrs.  G.  Pray  Smith ; 
first  vice-president,  Mrs.  G.  D.  Merrill;  second 
vice-president,  Mrs.  J.  D.  Thompson ;  secre- 
tary, Mrs.  H.  E.  Prescott;  treasurer,  Mrs. 
A.  J.  Furbush.  Executive  board — Mrs.  W.  J. 
McDonald,  chairladv ;  Mrs.  F.  C.  Garmon, 
Mrs.  A.  C.  Furbush,  Mrs.  B.  W.  Gove  and 
Mrs.  A.  I.  Nelson.  Entertainment  committee 
— Mrs.  F.  C.  Garmon,  chairlady;  Mrs.  R.  E. 
Thompson  and  Mrs.  J.  O.  Reay.  Hospitality 
committee — Mrs.  H.  E.  Prescott,  chairlady; 
Mrs.  A.  C.  Furbush,  Mrs.  J.  Brigham,  Mrs. 
C.  B.  Holden,  Mrs.  J.  N.  MacLeod,  Mrs.  E.  C. 
Smith  and  Mrs.  D.  MacNevin.  House  com- 
mittee— Mrs.  Jesse  Eddy,  chairlady;  Mrs.  B. 
W.  Gove.  Flower  committee — Mrs.  J.  D. 
Thompson,  chairlady;  Mrs.  D.  MacNevin  and 
Mrs.  A.  I.  Nelson. 

Mrs.  Smith  has  held  the  position  of  presi- 
dent throughout  the  entire  history  of  the 
Ladies'  Auxiliary,  and,  to  her  earnest  en- 
deavors the  big  success  of  the  auxiliary  was 
largely  due.  She  has  excellent  executive  abil- 
ity that  has  enabled  her  to  enroll  about  her  a 
sincere  body  of  workers.  It  is  well  known  to 
the  members  of  the  Metropolitan  Club  that  any 
affair  taken  in  charge  by  the  Ladies'  Auxiliary 
will  be  taken  well  care  of  and  brought  to  a 
most  successful  finish. 


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Owner  of  the  Leading  Matinee  Stable  of  Trotters  and  Pacers  in  New  England 


W.  J.  McDonald's  Matinee  Horses 


(Photo  from  Boston  Herald) 

CHIEF  WILKIE,  2:12  3-4  (W.  J.  McDonald  Driving) 

Winner  of  Nearly  One  Hundred  Heats  in  Close  to  a  Minute. f  He  Holds  Straightaway  Speedway  Record, 

Pacing,  of  58  Seconds,  and  Joint  Holder  of  Half-mile  Track  Record  of  1:04.     Was  Pacing 

Champion  of  Charles  River  Speedway  for  Eight  Seasons 


W.  J.  MCDONALD'S  MATINEE  HORSES—Continued 


MISS  ADBELL,  2:06  1-4 


LA  BOUDIE,  2:10 


DEMAREST,  2:06  1-4  (Trotting  a  Fast  Heat  for  Mr.  McDonald) 


DON  LABOR,  2:05  1-4 


DIRECTUM  REGENT,  2:09  1-4 


W.  J.  MCDONALD'S  MATINEE  HORSES---Continued 


THE  COUNSELLOR,  2:17  1-4 


MENDELL,  2:21 


ORALE,  2:17  1-2  (Winning  a  Heat  for  Mr.  McDonald) 


ECCE  VOLO 


CASTLE  TODD 


Well  Known  Members 

of  the  Metropolitan  Club 


C.  C.  MAYBERRY 


JESSE  EDDY 


SAM  B.  HASTINGS 


GEORGE  W.  NORTON 


GEORGE  A.  GRAVES 

Chairman  of  First  Meeting  Held  in  Organizing 

the  Metropolitan  Club 


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BRONSON,  2:12 

Owned  and  Driven  by  G.  A.  Graves.     Champion  Trotter  of  Charles  River  Speedway  in  1913-14,  and  Held 

Half-mile  Speedway  Track  Record  of  2:14  1-4.     Won  $4,395  in  Professional  Racing  the 

Season  of  1914.     Photo  Was  Taken  at  Goshen,  N.  Y. 


CHIMES  BELL,  2:09  3-4 
Owned  and  Driven  by  George  F.  Leonard.     Fastest  Green  Trotter  to  Wagon  in  1905, 

Earning  a  Record  of  2:14  1-4 


LOTTIE  FALLIS,  2:20  1-4 
Matinee  Record  to  Wagon  of  2:15.     Owned  and  Driven  by  Arthur  H.  Alley 


FellsAvay  Driving  Club 
of  Somerville 


908  1914 


COMBINATION  PARK,  MEDFORD 


A  HOT  FINISH 


STABLE  SCENE- --Walking  the  Horses  Between  Heats 


Fellsway  Driving  Club 


ELIEVING  that  Somerville  was  the 
center  of  a  big  territory  filled  with 


B  humanity  who  were  lovers  of  the 
horse  was  the  incentive  for  the 
forming  of  a  driving  club  by  the  fol- 
lowing thirteen  well  known  horsemen  of  that 
city :  James  I.  Brooks,  Frank  E.  Morrison, 
George  M.  Davis,  Harry  W.  Litchfield,  F.  S. 
McKown,  Daniel  Paine,  G.  L.  Davis,  Fred  B. 
Brown,  A.  Towle,  William  Patten,  George  N. 
Coyle,  G.  M.  Welch,  and  William  Garland. 

These  men  met  on  March  7,  1908,  in  the 
directors'  room  of  the  Columljia  Building, 
in  Somerville,  and  officially  organized  them- 
selves as  tlie  Fellsway  Driving  Club.  After 
electing  F.  E.  Morrison  secretary  pro  tern, 
an  adjournment  was  made  for  the  following 
Friday  evening,  which  fell  on  the  13th. 

While  it  is  noticeable  that  the  club  was  con- 
ceived by  thirteen  men,  and  held  its  first 
meeting  on  Friday  the  13th,  it  might  be 
deemed  by  superstitious  people  that  it 
started  under  adverse  circumstances,  but  the 
history  of  the  club  has  since  well  proved 
that  such  was  not  the   case. 

On  this  Fridav  evening,  James  I.  Brooks 
presided,  and,  after  he  had  deliberated  on 
the  object  of  the  new  organization,  was  held 
the  first  election  of  officers,  which  resulted 
as  follows:  President,  James  I.  Brooks; 
vice-president,  George  M.  Davis ;  treasurer, 
Harrv  W.  Litchfield ;  secretary,  Frank  E. 
Morrison  ;  directors,  B.  R.  Cobb,  George  H. 
Cross,  John  M.  Temple,  George  A.  Law,  F. 
S.  McKown.  Fred  M.  Allies,  James  Hen- 
nessey, George  Carter,  and  A.  E.  ICenney. 
Fred  Morrill  was  elected  chairman  of  the 
racing  committee  and  Frank  Morrison  as 
secretary,  while  Daniel  Paine  had  charge  of 
the  ribbons. 

One  important  matter  taken  up  was  the 
appointing  of  a  committee,  Amos  W.  Shep- 
ard,  chairman,  to  interview  the  Metropol- 
itan Park  Commission  on  the  location  of  a 
speedvv'ay  which  the  club  members  decided 
ihey  wanted  built  a  half-mile  long.  The 
meeting  closed  with  a  very  interestmg  talk 
on  .speedways  and  future  prospects  by  Al- 
bion Towle,  George  M.  Davis,  A.  E.  Jones, 
A.   E.   Kenney  and  George  Coyle. 

So  rapid  was  the  growth  of  the  club 
that  at  the  very  next  meeting,  held  on  March 
27,  there  were  thirty-five  members  present. 
Permanent  quarters  were,  secured  at  2  1-2 
FraP-klin  Street,  Somerville,  which  was 
called  the  Fellswav  Clubhouse,  and  arrange- 


ments were  made  for  the  ]jurchase  of  fur- 
niture to  have  the  room  comfortable  for  the 
use  of  the  members.  It  was  further  decided 
that  the  club  hold  weekly  meetings,   Friday 


JAMES  I.  BROOKS 
President  1908-09  and  1911 


being  the  day  chosen.  A  committee  was  a[)- 
pointed  to  wait  upon  G.  A.  Graves  about 
securing  the  use  of  Combination  Park  for 
matinee  racing. 

The  by-laws  of  the  clul3  were  adopted  on 
April  3,  one  of  which  was  that  the  dues  shall 
be  $10  per  year,  payable  $5  semi-annually, 
in  advance. 

The  members  met  in  their  new  clubroom 
the  evening  of  April  10,  and  they  were  much 
pleased  with  the  way  the  committee  had  ar- 
ranged the  spacious  room.  The  racing 
committee  brought  in  a  report  that  the  rules 
governing  matinees  held  by  the  Fellsways 
be  the  same  as  those  already  in  use  by  the 
Dorchester  Gentlemen's  Driving  Club. 

At  the  meeting  held  on  April  17,  the  com- 
mittee reported  that  the  Metropolitan  Com- 
mission, wdiile  favorable  for  the  building  of 
a  speedway,  saw  no  way  of  doing  it  that 
year.  It  was  then  decided  that  the  commit- 
tee find  out  the  condition  of  the  back-stretch 
of  old  IMystic  Park,  as  Mr.  Brown,  of  the 
racing  committee,  claimed  that  it  was  in  per- 
fect shape  for  racing  of  quarter-mile  heats. 


62 


The  Driving  Clubs  of  Greater  Boston 


This  committee's  report  was  so  favorable 
that  at  the  next  meeting  the  club  decided  to 
lease  Mystic  Park  for  its  matinees  that  sea- 
son. Arrangements  were  then  made  to 
measure  oft'  a  quarter  of  a  mile  and  mark 
it  with  flags,  and  Ranee  'Wentworth  was  se- 
lected the  starting  judge.  In  the  matinees 
it  was  thought  best  to  give  two  ribbons  for 
each  race,  a  blue  and  a  red.  Samuel  Harris, 
to  boom  the.  club,  contributed  a  track  har- 
ness, the  wmner  to  be  decided  during  the 
Summer. 

Before  the  adjournment  of  the  meeting 
the  club  voted  to  donate  $25  to  the  Chelsea 
Fire  Sufferers,  which  was  the  first,  but 
proved  not  the  last  act  of  charity  rendered 
by  the  organization. 

The  first  matinee  was  held  at  Mystic  Park 
the  first  week  in  May,  and  the  members 
turned  out  in  full  force  with  their  horses, 
enjoying  a  good  afternoon  sport.  So  many 
were  in  attendance  that  it  was  found  advis- 
able to  build  judges'  stands,  one  for  the 
starter  and  the  other  at  the  finishing  post. 

On  May  27  it  was  voted  that  a  grand- 
stand be  erected  opposite  the  wire  at  the 
finish,  and  also  decided  that  the  harness, 
given  bv  Mr.  Harris,  be  awarded  to  the 
owner  of  the  horse  winning  the  most  nmnber 
of  points.  A  silver  cup  was  put  up  for  a 
prize  l5y  President  Pjrooks  and  Siecretary 
M.orrison,  for  the  horse  winning  the  fastest 
heat. 

On  June  i  the  club  had  increased  to  such 
])roportions  that  they  felt  like  seeking  new 
fields,  and  voted  to  enter  into  correspondence 
with  the  Ouannapowitt  Club  for  the  purpose 
of  holding  an  interclub  meet  over  the  Read- 
hig-Wakefield  track.  At  the  following 
meeting  the  Dorchester  Driving  Club,  hav- 
ing learned  how  fast  the  Fellsways  were 
jumping  into  popularity  in  their  section  of 
Greater  Boston,  sent  an  invitation  to  join 
them  in  an  interclub  meet  to  be  held  at 
Franklin  Field  Speedway  and  this  meet  was 
decided  on  July  11. 

G.  A.  Law  was  appointed  on  the  board 
of  directors  on  July  n;,  and  immediately  be- 
came active  in  the  affairs  of  the  club.  At  a 
later  meeting  brown  was  adopted  as  the  club 
color,  to  be  worn  in  all  interclub  meets. 

The  first  meeting  held  over  Combination 
Park  was  on  Labor  Day,  and  was  a  success 
in  every  particular ;  in  fact,  to  use  up  some  of 
the  extra  funds  it  was  decided  to  purchase  a 
pool  table  in  order  that  the  members  of  the 
club  might  keep  in  practice  at  their  club- 
room  during  the  long  Winter  evenings  that 
would  soon  be  at  hand. 

On  October  3   the  club  met  the  Ouanna- 


powitts  at  Combination  Park  in  an  inter- 
club meet,  which  in  every  way  was  another 
money  maker. 

It  was  then  decided  to  wait  upon  G.  A. 
Graves  and  lease  Combination  Park  for  the 
year  1909,  for  a  sum  not  to  exceed  $2000 
with  full  privileges.  Messrs.  Thyng,  Simpson 
and  Dr.  Richardson  were  appointed  the  com- 
mittee to  attend  to  this.  After  seeing  Mr. 
Graves,  the  report  was  that  he  would  not 
think  of  leasing  the  park  for  less  than  $3000. 
The  club  then  came  back  with  an  offer  to 
split  the  difference,  and  call  it  $2500,  and 
that  President  Brooks  be  added  to  the  com- 
mittee to  wait  on  Mr.  Graves.  Upon  again 
seeing  the  owner  of  Combination  Park,  it 
was  foimd  that  he  would  consider  $2600, 
which  price  was  agreeable,  and,  upon  the 
motion  of  Secretary  Morrison,  it  was  voted 
that  the  club  be  incorporated  and  close  the 
Combination  Park  proposition  with  JMr. 
Graves. 

However,  it  being  found  out  later  that 
Mr.  Graves  would  lease  the  track  for  $2200 
for  the  club's  use  on  twenty-four  Satttrdays 
and  five  holidays,  this  was  thought  a  better 
proposition  than  the  one  of  $2600  and  all 
privileges,  and  the  $2200  offer  was  duly  ac- 
cepted. 

At  a  meeting  held  on  December  9,  the 
prizes  for  the  season  were  given  out,  the 
President's  Cup  for  the  fastest  heat  made 
during  the  season  being  won  by  William 
Patten's  John  O 'Donald,  and  the  harness 
presented  by  W.  H.  Harris  was  won  by  H. 
W.   Smith's  Rovce  W. 


SEASON  OF  1909 


The  lease  of  Combination  Park  was  signed 
on  Januarv  13,  and  was  the  first  business 
transacted  that  year.  In  the  month  of  Jan- 
uarv, too,  was  field  at  the  Quincy  House  in 
Boston,  the  first  banquet  of  the  club,  with 
about  200  on  hand.  After-dinner  speaking  by 
invited  guests  from  other  clubs  and  by  mem- 
bers of  the  Fellsway,  and  a  good  musical 
entertainment,  made  the  feast  one  long  to  be 
remembered  by  those  fortunate  in  being 
present. 

In  Columbia  Hall,  Somerville,  in  Feb- 
ruary, was  held  the  first  ladies'  night.  The 
gentle  sex  were  present,  not  only  from  the 
Fellsway  Club  but  accompanied  by  members 
of  the  other  driving  clubs.  Dancing  and  a 
luncheon,  also  magic  work  by  Walter  New- 
bert.  of  the  Dorchester  Gentlemen's  Driv- 
ing Club,  made  the  occasion  very  enjovable. 

The  annual  meeting  took  place  on  Alarch 
3,  and  the  following  officers  were  elected  for 


The  Driving  Clubs  of  Greater  Boston 


63 


the  ensuing-  year:  President,  Jiimes  J. 
Brooks ;  first  vice-president,  George  M. 
Davis ;  second  vice-president,  Daniel  Paine ; 
secretary,  Frank  E.  Morrison ;  treasurer, 
Liarry  \V.  Litchfield  ;  directors,  E.  H.  King- 
man, W.  W".  Spraguc,  Knapp  Forshner,  B. 
R.  Cobb,  Geo.  a!  Law,  W.  W.  Croft,  A. 
Taylor,  F.  S.  McKown,  H.  W.  Smith,  Dr. 
W.  H.  Hitchings ;  clerk,   F.  E.  Morrison. 

Interclub  races  were  held  with  the  Dor- 
chester Club  on  June  17,  and  that  Summer 
were  decided  the  interclub  meets  between 
the  Fellsway,  Ouannapowitt,  Lynn  and  Dor- 
chester Clubs.  The  last  named  club  won  the 
elegant  silver  cup,  the  Fellsways  finishing- 
second  :  certainly  very  creditable  work. 

On  the  evening-  of  September  29,  Presi- 
dent Brooks  was  awarded  the  whip  given 
b}'  the  club  as  a  prize  to  the  member  getting 
the  largest  number  of  members  for  the  six 
preceding-  months. 

Since  the  inception  of  the  club,  the  ladies 
had  been  very  strenuous  in  their  efforts  to 
have  the  organization  a  big  success.  In 
clearing  several  of  the  earlier  debts  of  the 
club,  the  women  held  socials,  card  parties 
and  rummage  sales,  the  proceeds  going  into 
the  treasury  of  the  club.  Then,  the  magnifi- 
cent flag-  that  swept  over  Combination  Park 
was  made  bv  the  women  admirers  of  the 
Fellsways.  Li  fact,  the  story  was  never  de- 
nied that  the  real  working  secretary  of  the 
driving-  club  was  Mrs.  Frank  E.  Morrison, 
which  probably  accounted  for  the  pains  taken 
in  a  complete  record  of  tlie  events  that 
transpired. 

Iv.  return  for  all  this  labor,  the  members 
concluded  that  the  least  thev  could  do  for  the 
women  was  to  extend  to  them  the  privilege 
of  using  the  clubroom  afternoons  for  meet- 
ings and  social  gatherings,  and,  at  a  meet- 
ing held  November  to.  it  w=is  so  voted. 

At  the  very  last  meeting  held  bv  the  club 
that  year,  in  partial  navment  for  the  work 
Mrs.  Morrison  had  done,  a  Christmas  and 
New  Year  present  was  voted  to  be  sent  to 
her  in  the  form  of  a  check  calling  for  $20. 

A  busy  driver  in  the  matinees  during  the 
.season  was  Charles  R.  Forshner,  who  won 
eight  blue  ribbons,  came  twelve  times  sec- 
ond, seven  times  third,  and  twice  fourth, 
a  total  of  20  races.  He  won  with  Tower  Bov, 
owned  bv  M.  A.  Pero,  the  $85  matinee  cart, 
and  with  Alice  F.,  a  suit  of  horse  clothing. 

The  club  lost  two  of  its  most  valued  mem- 
bers during  the  year  in  Dr.  J.  E.  Richardson 
and  Ranee  Wentworth.  Both  were  en- 
thusiastic horsemen  and  thoroughly  at 
heart  in  everything  beneficial  to  the  club,  or 
advancement  of  the  horse. 


SEASON  OF  1910 


Li  the  nii.inth  of  January  the  first  impor- 
tant occasion  was  the  annual  banquet,  held  at 
the  Ouincy  House,  Boston,  and,  as  in' the  pre- 
vious ones,  were  present  officials  from  all 
the  neighboring  driving  clubs  and  the  lead- 
ing ]3oliticians  of  Somerville.  After-dinner 
speeches  and  vaudeville,  with  plenty  of  sing- 
ing and  music,  made  the  evening  a  memor- 
able one. 

In  February  was  held  the  ladies'  night,  with 
dancing,  luncheon,  and  an  entertainment. 
There  was  a  large,  joyful  party  present. 

Arrangements  were  completed  early  in  the 
vear  with  George  A.  Graves  for  the  leasing 
of  Combination  Park  for  the  season  of  igio. 

With  committees  present  at  the  Quincy 
House  from  each  of  the  five  driving  clubs 
of  Greater  Boston  it  was  decided  to  hold  a 
grand  championship  interclub  series  of 
matinees  at  Combination  Park  during  the 
Summer  months,  the  winning  club  to  re- 
ceive a  valuable  silver  cup,  the  emblem  to 
represent  the  driving  club  championship  of 
New  England.  All  these  events  were  to  be 
decided  over  the  Medford  track,  and  the  five 
clubs  to  take  part  were  the  Fellswav,  Dor- 
chester, Metropolitan,  Ouannapowitt,  and 
Lynn.  Froni  each  club  ten  horses  were  to 
be  iiicked,  five  of  the  best  trotters  and  the 
five  fastest  pacers.  This  made  a  field  of 
fifty  horses  to  take  the  word  on  racins"  days, 
there  being  ten  races  on  the  card,  with  five 
horses  in  each  event. 

The  annual  election  of  officers  was  held 
on  March  2,  with  the  following  result :  Presi- 
dent. Daniel  Paine;  first  vice-president,  L. 
Fred  Sanborn ;  second  vice-president,  Chas. 
W.  Thvng:  third  vice-president,  George  A. 
Law;  fourth  vice-president.  James  S. 
McRae;  treasurer,  Geo.  M.  Davis;  secre- 
tarv,  Frank  E.  Morrison  ;  directors,  James  T. 
Brooks,  FTarrv  W.  Litchfield,  William  W. 
Sprague,  Charles  M.  Lockwood,  B.  R.  Cobb, 
Geo.  N.  Coyle,  Frank  S.  McKown,  A.  Jame- 
son. W.  A.  Rice,  Chas.  Forshner. 

With  the  election  of  Mr.  Paine  to  the 
chair  of  honor,  the  club  o-ave  a  rising  vote 
of  thanks  to  James  I.  Brooks,  the  retiring 
president,  in  having  cleverlv  steered  the  craft 
through  the  dangerous  rapids  in  the  early 
davs  of  the  club. 

John  W.  Dorey  was  elected  chairman  of 
the  racing  committee,  and  his  work 
throughout  the  Summer  was  very  com- 
mendable, giving  satisfaction  to  all  the  mem- 
i)ers  that  raced  horses  under  his  classifica- 
tion. 

Al  a  meeting  held  on  May  18,  Represen- 


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tative  Sidney  B.  Keene  reported  to  the  club 
that  the  bill  for  the  new  speedway  had  passed 
both  the  House  and  Senate  and  that  the 
Park  Commissioners  had  been  authorized  to 
survey  the  course  and  give  an  approximate 
cost   of   building-   a    speedway.        Mr.    Keene 


DANIEL  PAINE 
President  1910 

i>resented  'President  Paine  with  the  pen 
that  the  Governor  signed  the  speedway  bill 
with.  However,  through  some  slip  or  miss, 
the  Fellsway  Club,  up  to  this  time  (1914). 
have  not  had  their  speedway,  which  looked 
;-.o  certain  at  the  time  Representative  Keene 
addressed  them. 

As  the  result  of  the  interclub  matinees, 
the  championship  cup  went  to  the  Metro- 
politan Club,  second  place  being  taken  by 
the  Fellsway  Club,  which  was  considered 
excellent  work  for  the  club  in  beating  out 
for  positions  organizations  like  thei  Dor- 
chester and  Lvnn  Clubs,  not  to  mention  the 
Ouannapowitt. 

The  prize  winners  of  1910  were  as  fol- 
lows : 

Trotters 
Championship    citp — L.    Fred    Sanborn's    Billy    J. — 

Fastest  heat,  i  :o5. 
First  point  cup — C.  E.  Twombly's  The  Doctor. 
Second  point  cup — C.  R.  Forshner's  Alice  F. 
Third  point  cup — F.  H.  Odams'  Charles  H. 
Fourth  point  prize — W.  A.  Rice's  Shimosa. 
Fifth  point  prize — B.  W.  Pike's  Raritan. 
Sixth  point  prize — John   Kennedy's  May   Barnes. 
Seventh  point  prize — M.  A.  Pero's  Tower  Boy. 
Eighth  point  prize — F.  L.  York's  Peacemaker. 
Trotter   winning  the   least  number   of   heats — F.   II. 

Odams'  Lady  Almont. 
Trotter     averaging     slowest     time — J.    F.    Sterling's 

Dixie. 
Owner  driving  his  horse  in  the  most  heats — Harry 

Davis'  Earl  W. 

Pacers 
Championship    cup — J.   I.   Brooks'   Young    Chimes — 

Fastest  heat,  i  :o5. 
I  irst  point  cup — F.   S.  McKown's  Fifene. 


Second  point  cup — F.  E.  Morrison's  Decima  Deane. 

Third   point   cup — G.   M.  Welch's   Watchman. 

Fourth   point   prize — Fred   Brown's   Independence. 

Fifth  point  prize — P.  Hagerty's  Mamie  H. 

Sixth  point  prize — E,  A.  Sears'  Captain  Hall. 

Seventh  point  prize — G.  N.  Coyle's  Ella  Hal. 

Eighth  point  prize — H.  J.  Foster's  Ben  Agan. 

Pacer  winning  the  least  number  of  heats — Jack  Wil- 
son's George  S. 

Pacer    averaging    slowest    time — E.    H.    Kingman's 
Grenadier. 
Note. — Charles  R.  Forshner  during  the  season  drove 

in   sixty-three   races,   winning  twenty   firsts,   twenty- 

tv. o  seconds,  lifteen  thirds  and  six  times  fourth. 


SEASON  OF  1911 


The  annual  banquet  took  place  on  January 
3,  at  the  Hotel  Langhain,  it  being  thought 
a  good  idea,  for  one  season  at  least,  to  try  a 
new  banquet  hall  instead  of  holding  it  in  the 
same  old  place.  There  was  the  usual  num- 
ber of  after-dinner  speeches,  and  the  enter- 
tainment committee  gave  an  excellent  musi- 
cal program  and  vaudeville.  Most  of  the 
members,  at  the  conclusion  of  the  dinner, 
adjourned  to  the  nearest  bowling  alleys  and 
indulged,  until  closing  time,  in  finding  who 
was  the  crack  pin  splitter  of  the  club.  This 
was  not  decided,  however,  as  Frank  Morri- 
son, George  Coyle,  and  a  couple  of  others 
asserted  that  their  form  was  not  up  to  the 
average  on  account  of  being  physically  un- 
fit, after  the  heavy  banquet  dinner,  and  so  the 
bowling  chaiupionship  for  individuals  was 
left  to  be  determined  at  another  session. 

The  annual  election  was  on  January  4,  and 
resulted  in  James  T  Brooks  once  more  hav- 
ing the  position  of  president.  The  other 
officers  were  as  follows :  First  vice-presi- 
dent, Chas.  W.  Thyng;  second  vice-presi- 
dent, W.  W.  Sprague  :  third  vice-president, 
Harrv  O.  Davis:  fourth  vice-president.  Asa 
Pritchard ;  treasurer,  Geo.  M.  Davis ;  secre- 
tarv,  Frank  E.  Morrison ;  directors,  Daniel 
Paine,  L.  Fred  Sanborn,  W.  W.  Sprague,  A. 
K.  D.  French,  Chas.  W.  Thyne,  W.  A.  Rice, 
Chas.  M.  Lockwood,  Knapp  Forshner,  Geo. 
A.  Law,  Harry  W.  Litchfield. 

On  Marcli  29,  was  completed  all  arrange- 
ments with  G.  A.  Graves  as  to  terms  for  the 
lease  of  Combination  Park  for  the  ensuing 
year,  and  the  lease  was  signed  bv  the  club. 

There  was  a  mix-up  in  getting  the  differ- 
ent driving  clubs  together  for  another 
series  of  interclub  meets,  it  having  been 
found  that  the  Lynn  and  Ouannapowitt 
Clubs  had  dropped  out  and  the  Metropolitan 
Club  would  not  consider  racing  at  all.  if 
hopples  were  to  be  used.  The  club  then 
voted  to  get  into  communication  with  the 
Dorchester  Club,  with  the  object  of  arrang- 


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ing'  dates  dnrino-  tlie  season  for  an  interclul) 
meet.  This  was  later  done,  and  a  couple  of 
very  excellent  meetings  were  decided. 

( )n  Thanksgiving  night  was  held  the  an- 
nual dance  and  whist  party,  a  large  number 
of  members  and  their  wives  and  guests  be- 
ing present.  The  afifair  was  sucli  a  success 
that  it  was  then  decided  to  hold  another  the 
next    February. 

While  there  were  no  prizes  offered  for  the 
season,  yet  the  records  were  kept  the  same 
as  though  silver  cups  were  up  for  trophies. 
In  one  or  two  instances  silver  cups  were  of- 
fered for  handicap  races  and  on  single 
events,  but  nothing  for  the  season's  races. 
At  the  conclusion  of  the  Summer  matinees, 
the  racing  committee  found  the  following 
was  the  standing  of  the  horses : 

Trotters 
Fastest  heat — L.   Fred   Sanborn's   Fred   C. — 1:063-4. 
Fastest    heat    in     seven     races — James     Hennessey's 

Leach  Girl — i  :og. 

First  point — F.  H.   Odaras'  Lady  Almont — 95. 

Second  point — H.  J.  Foster's  Virginia  Dare — 92. 

Third  point — C.  E.   Twombly's   Doctor — 86. 

Fourth  point — J.  R.  Sterling's  Dixie — 85. 

Fifth  point — A.  H.  French's  Phyllis  F. — tj. 

Pacers 

FpQtpst-  FTpat  3 '^'^"'■"^  Coyle's  Ella  Hal— I  :05 
fastest  Heatj^    jj_  Sprague's  Outcast— i  :oS 

Fastest  heat  in  seven   races — F.   Morrison's   Decima 

Deane — i  :o7. 
First  point — J.  Brown's  Independence — 80. 
Second  point — P.  Malanson's  Teddy  K. — 57. 
Third  point — Roger  Hagerty's  Mamie  H. — 54. 
Fourth  point — A.  J.  Carpenter's  The  Kid — 35. 

Note. — C.  R.  Forshner  drove  in  sixty  races  of  133 
heats,  winning  twenty  races  and  forty-two  heats. 
A.  H.  D.  French  drove  in  thirty-five  races  of 
eighty-six  heals,  winning  twelve  races  and  twenty- 
nine  heats. 


SEASON  OF  1912 


On  January  3  was  held  the  annual  election, 
and  quite  a  change  was  noticeable  in  the 
selection  of  the  officials  for  the  ensuing  year. 
James  I.  Brooks,  complaining  that  the  club 
took  much  of  his  time  from  his  business, 
would  not  run  again  for  president,  and  the 
same  was  true  in  the  instance  of  Frank  E. 
Morrison,  who  had  been  the  secretary  ever 
since  the  club  was  instituted.  The  members 
of  the  club  chose  George  A.  Law,  a  promi- 
nent citizen  of  Arlington,  for  the  presidency, 
while  C.  E.  Twombly,  who  had  always  done 
much  for  the  welfare  of  the  club,  was  select- 
ed for  the  position  of  secretary.  The  com- 
plete result  of  the  election  follows : 

President,  Geo.  A.  Law ;  first  vice-presi- 
dent. Dr.  W.  H.  Hitchings ;  second  vice- 
president,  Chas.  R.  Forshner ;  third  vice- 
president,  H.  O.  Davis ;  fourth  vice-presi- 
dent,  Fred  Rrown ;  secretary,  C.  E.  Twom- 


bly;  treasurer,  (]eo.  M.  Davis;  directors,  C. 
M.  Lockwoocl,  Dr.  W.  H.  Hitchings,  John 
Stack]iole,  Chas.  Thyng,  W.  W.  Spraguc, 
Chas.  R.  Forshner,  C.  M.  Marinoni,  Geo.  N. 
Coyle,  A.  L.   Baker,  FL  (3.  Davis. 

President  Law  took  the  chair  immediately 
upon    his   election    and    the   new   administra- 


GEORGE  A.  LAW 
President  1912-13-14 

tion's  first  act  was  passing  a  vote  of  thanks 
to  Messrs.  Brooks  and  Morrison  for  their 
energetic  labor  in  behalf  of  the  organization 
m  the  years  they  had  so  faithfully  served  in 
their  official  capacities. 

The  annual  bancjuet  was  held  on  February 
20,  at  the  Quincy  House,  there  being  125 
present.  Many  of  the  after-dinner  speakers 
were  in  favor  of  holding  a  number  of  inter- 
club  meets  during  the  season,  even  more 
than  had  been  the  case  in  previous  years.  It 
was  the  general  idea,  too,  that  Combination 
Park  should  be  leased,  and  several  of  the 
members  thought  that  action  should  be 
taken,  in  a  more  forcible  manner,  toward 
having  the  State  begin  work  on  the  proposed 
speedway.  The  usual  entertainment  of 
music  and  vaudeville  was  rendered  and  all 
voted  that  the  evening  had  been  a  very 
pleasant  one. 

On  the  27th,  the  club  kept  up  its  round  of 
merry-making  by  indulging  in  a  whist  party 
and  dance,  which  was  greatly  enjoyed.  In 
fact,  so  much  so,  that  it  was  decided  to  hold 
public  whist  parties  at  the  clubroom  every 
Saturday  evening,  although,  for  the  evening 
of   April   4,    Newcomb    Hall,    in    Somerville, 


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was  engaged  for  the  whist  playing  and  danc- 
ing. 

On  April  ig,  the  club  opened  its  racing- 
season  with  an  interclub  meet  with  the 
Metropolitans.  This  was  only  the  beginning 
of  what  proved  to  be  an  active  season  on  the 
turf,  as,  during  the  Summer,  the  Fellsways 
had  contests  with  Dorchester  and  Ouan- 
napowitt,  meeting  each  of  these  clubs  at  least 
twice. 

Terms  having  been  agreed  upon,  Combina- 
tion Park  was  once  more  leased  for  the  sea- 
son by  the  club,  and  all  papers  signed  and 
passed  on  April  ,3.' 

C.  M.  Marinoni,  thinking  that  it  was  a 
good  plan  to  have  something  up  of  value  in 
the  style  of  an  emblem,  to  keep  for  the  sake  of 
memory  and  associations,  donated  an  elegant 
silver  cup  to  be  awarded  the  trotter  winning 
the  most  heats  during  the  season. 

The  Fellsway  horses  having  shown,  in 
many  instances,  so  much  speed  early  in  the 
season,  several  of  the  members  got  chips  on 
their  shoulders,  which  finally  ended  in  issuing 
a  defi  that  the  Fellsway  Club  would  meet  any 
other  club  in  Greater  Boston,  each  to  pick 
their  best  trotter  and  fastest  pacer,  and  the 
match  or  matches  to  determine  the  champion- 
ship club  for  the  year.  This  challenge  was 
sent  to  each  and  every  club. 

Unfortunately,  however,  none  of  the  clubs 
appeared  to  realize  that  they  would  be  any 
gainer  in  having  such  a  race,  so  the  event 
never  took  place,  and  the  incident  is  used  only 
to  prove  the  gameness  of  the  men  owning 
horses  in  the  Fellsway  Club,  they  never  being 
afraid  to  go  out  to  tackle  any  horse.  A  defeat 
was  only  taken  in  the  best  of  good  graces. 

As  had  been  the  case  in  the  past  number  of 
seasons,  Charles  R.  Forshner  was  the  leading 
driver  for  the  year,  he  having  taken  the  word 
in  sixty-one  races,  of  which  he  won  twenty- 
four,  was  twenty-four  times  second,  nine 
time  third,  and  came  fourth  in  four  races. 


SEASON  OF  1913 


The  annual  election  was  held  on  New 
Year's  night,  and,  with  the  counting  of  the 
ballots,  it  was  found  the  following  were 
elected  for  the  ensuing  year :  President,  Geo. 
A.  Law;  first  vice-president.  Dr.  W.  H. 
Hitchings;  second  vice-president,  G.  M.  Mar- 
inoni ;  third  vice-president,  H.  J.  Foster ; 
fourth  vice-president,  W.  A.  Smith ;  secretary, 
C.  E.  Twombly ;  treasurer,  Geo.  M.  Davis ;  di- 
rectors, G.  M.  Marinoni,  Chas.  R.  Forshner, 
Chas.  M.  Lockwood,  O.  E.  Linscott,  John 
Stockpole,  H.  A.  Pero,  C.  E.  Twombly,  Geo. 
N.  Coyle.  Chas.  Thyng,  E.  H.  Taylor. 


On  January  7,  at  the  Quincy  House,  was 
held  the  annual  banquet,  with  the  usual  good 
time,  after-dinner  speaking,  etc.,  the  affair,  as 
usual,  bringing  members  and  guests  together 
on  a  friendly  footing  that  insured  the  cement- 
ing of  friendship  and  burying  of  any  hatchets 
that  had  been  created  in  the  speed  contests  of 
the  previous  months. 

At  the  meeting,  held  on  January  8,  it  was 
the  voice  of  the  members  that  the  future  wel- 
fare of  the  club  would  be  benefited  greatly 
were  cups  and  other  trophies  to  be  given  at 
the  end  of  the  racing  season. 

In  response  to  this  appeal,  there  was  a  gen- 
erous donation  of  prizes,  the  most  prominent 
of  which  were  President  Eaw  offering  a  sil- 
ver cup  for  the  trotter  winning  the  most 
heats ;  Secretary  Twombly,  a  silver  cup  for 
the  pacer  winning  the  fastest  heat;  G.  M. 
Marinoni,  a  silver  cup  for  the  trotter  win- 
ning the  fastest  heat ;  H.  S.  Campbell,  twenty- 
five  bushels  of  oats  for  pacer  winning  the 
most  heats;  Charles  Lockwood,  $10  in  gold 
for  the  trotter  winning  the  highest  num- 
ber of  points;  O.  E.  Linscott,  $10  in  gold 
for  the  pacer  winning  the  highest  number 
of  points;  E.  W.  Pike,  a  blanket  for  the 
trotter  winning  the  second  highest  number  of 
points ;  Dr.  Harris,  a  horse  suit  for  the  pacer 
winning  the  second  highest  number  of  points ; 
the  Fellsway  Driving  Club,  $5  in  gold  for  the 
trotter  winning  the  third  highest  number  of 
points ;  the  Ladies'  Auxiliary,  $5  in  gold  for 
the  pacer  winning  the  third  highest  number 
of  points.  President  Law  then  again  came  to 
the  front  with  the  ofifer  of  a  gentleman's 
sweater  for  the  trotter  winning  the  fourth 
highest  number  of  points ;  Charles  R.  Forsh- 
ner donated  $5  worth  of  horse  shoeing  for  the 
pacer  winning  the  fourth  highest  number  of 
points,  and  the  Boston  Badge  Co.  donated  six 
beautiful  ribbons  for  awards. 

The  annual  ladies'  night  ball  was  held  on 
April  30,  and  was  successful,  the  club  being 
benefited  quite  materially  in  a  financial  way. 

It  was  decided  to  lease  Combination  Park 
again,  and  the  papers  were  passed  on  March 
26.  At  the  same  time  arrangements  were  en- 
tered into  for  racing  with  the  Dorchester 
Club,  and  invitations  extended  to  other  of  the 
local  driving  clubs  to  meet  the  Fellsway  at 
the  Medford  track.  The  first  interclub  meet 
with  the  Dorchesters  came  on  May  30.  By 
motion  of  the  club,  it  was  made  compulsory 
that  all  the  members  in  the  events  be  com- 
pelled to  wear  the  club  colors,  brown  silk 
caps  and  white  suits,  and,  when  necessary,  the 
club  to  furnish  them. 

The  second  grand  ball  and  whist  party  of 
the  club  took  place  in  Newcomb  Hall,  on  De- 


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cember  30,  and  there  was  a  large  gathering  of 
the  members  and  invited  friends,  and  it  was 
fully  as  successful  as  any  that  had  previously 
been  held. 

In  the  matinee  season,  there  was  great  in- 
terest manifested  in  the  series  of  races  be- 
tween A.  T.  Wheelock's  pacer,  Charley  King, 
of  the  Dorchester  Club,  and  E.  R.  Whitman's 
pacing  gelding,  Joe  K.,  representing  the  Fells- 
way  Club.  The  most  of  these  matches  were 
half-mile  heats,  although  Joe  K.  headed  the 
summary  over  his  rival  at  the  mile  distance. 
The  particularly  sensational  clash  was  at  the 
interclub  meeting  between  the  Dorchester  and 
Fellsway  Clubs  on  June  17,  when  the  former 
organization  won  the  rubber  meet  by  sixty-one 
points  to  Fellsway's  forty-eight,  and  Charley 
King  had  to  turn  the  track  in  i  104  to  defeat 
Joe  K.,  by  a  narrow  margin.  This  was  the 
fastest  heat  by  a  pacer  that  year  over  a  half- 
mile  track  in  Greater  Boston.  The  prize  win- 
ners for  1913  follow: 

Trotters 

Cup  for  fastest  heat— H.  J.  Foster's  J.  C.  L.,  i  :o8  1-2. 
Cup  for  most  heats— W.  J.  Forsyth's  Billy  C. 
First  point  prize   ($10)— C.  E.  Twombly's  Doctor. 
Second    point    prize     (blanket)— G.    Horsman's    Ed 

King. 
Third  point  prize   ($5)— E.  A.  Ware's  Chubby  Boy. 
Fourth  point  prize  (sweater)— L.  H.  Taylor's  Prince 

Henry. 
Ribbon  specials— James   Hennessey's   Luther   Moko- 
-      B.   W.   Pike's   Baratan;   H.   S.   Campbell's   P  ,m 

Pom. 

Pacers 

Cup  for  fastest  heat  (  C  M.  Marinoni's  Billy  Baggs. 

I  :o7  1-2  ■(  D.  T.  Dever's  Big  Tramp. 

Prize    for   most   heats    (25   bushels   of   oats)— O.   E. 

Linscott's  Lady  Belle. 
First  point  prize  ($10)— A.  Carpenter's  The  Kid. 
Second   point  prize    (horse   suit)— C.   R.   Forshner's 

Billy  Bingen. 
Third  point  prize   ($5)— C.  A.  Law's  Fellsway  Boy. 
Fourth  point  prize   (horse  shoeing)— J.  F.  Starling's 

W.  R.  E.  T. 
Ribbon  specials— L.  J.  Wood's  John  W. ;  J.  F.  Miles' 

Ben  Barney;  A.  G.  Nichols'  Willoughby. 

A  sad  happening  to  the  members  of  the 
club  was  the  death  of  William  Garland,  of 
Somerville,  one  of  the  charter  members  of 
the  club,  and  whose  ever  cheerful  and  optim- 
istic disposition  had  done  inuch  to  bring  the 
club  to  its  flourishing  condition.  Resolutions 
of  condolence  were  extended  to  his  near  rela- 
tives. The  breach  made  in  the  club  by  his 
loss  was  deemed  irreparable. 


SEASON  OF  1914 


The  annual  election  took  place  on  January 
7,  George  A.  Law  being  once  more  honored 


with  the  .unanimous  vote  of  the  club.  The 
complete  result  of  the  election  follows :  Presi- 
dent, G.  A.  Law ;  first  vice-president.  Dr. 
Hitchings ;  second  vice-president,  G.  M.  Mari- 
noni;  third  vice-president,  Jas.  Hennessey; 
fourth  vice-president,  C.  M.  Lockwood ;  treas- 
urer, G.  M.  Davis ;  secretary,  C.  E.  Twom- 
bly ;  directors,  John  Stackpole,  Chas.  Forsh- 
ner,  Geo.  L.  Davis,  C.  M.  Marinoni,  Chas.  L. 
Ellis,  A.  J.  Carpenter,  Geo.  A.  Law,  C.  M. 
Lockwood,  C.  E.  Twombly,  O.  E.  Linscott. 

The  annual  banquet,  held  at  the  Quincy 
House,  was  up  to  the  high  standard  always 
set  by  the  club,  and,  according  to  the  expres- 
sions of  the  horsemen,  the  future  of  matinee 
racing  was  very  bright.  President  Law  ex- 
tended a  welcome  to  the  members  and  invited 
guests,  and  asserted  that  the  matinee  sport 
would  be  obliged  to  go  to  racing  mile  heats, 
in  place  of  the  half-mile  affairs,  as  the  public 
was  apparently  much  more  interested  in  horses 
going  the  full  distance. 

President  G.  Pray  Smith,  of  the  Metropoli- 
tan, opened  his  after-dinner  address  by  a  com- 
pliment to  the  horsemeti  in  being  the  most 
honorable  in  business  matters,  and  that  he 
could  not  call  to  mind  any  time  the  horsemen 
had  resorted  to  crookedness,  if  perchance  one 
fellow  member  would  get  the  worst  of  it.  He 
was  delighted  that  the  driving  clubs  were 
working  shoulder  to  shoulder  for  the  good  of 
racing.  He  said  that  the  horse  had  done  vast- 
ly more  to  develop  this  country  than  is  usu- 
ally believed.  '  He  had  hopes  that  eventually 
the  "Mets"  and  Fellsway  Club  would  merge 
into  one  driving  club,  that  would  have  no  su-  ' 
perior  in  the  entire  country. 

President  R.  G.  Crosby,  of  the  Dorchesters, 
said  that  it  was  the  hope  of  his  club  to  have, 
in  the  near  future,  an  adequate  stable  for  the 
accommodation  of  visiting  members  and  horses 
at  the  Franklin  Field  Speedway. 

President  C.  H.  Playdon,  of  the  Ouanna- 
powitt  Club,  urged  the  driving  clubs  to  be- 
come interested  in  the  building  of  good  roads, 
that  being  the  crying  necessity  of  the  present 
era.  As  it  is  today,  the  majority  of  the  state 
roads  are  made  entirely  for  the  use  of  auto- 
mobiles, and  there  should  be  a  portion  on  each 
side,  with  suitable  footing  for  the  driving  of 
the  light  harness  horse.  It  would  also  prove 
a  matter  of  greater  safety  for  those  who  en- 
joy driving,  instead  of  motoring,  as  the  auto- 
mobiles would  have  the  entire  middle  of  the 
road  for  their  use,  and  the  teams  would  keep 
to  each  side. 

It  was  voted,  on  February  25,  to  lease  Com- 
bination Park  for  the  season  of  1914,  and  ar- 
rangements were  completed  for  the  signing  of 
the  lease. 


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The  matinee  season  opened  on-  April  20 
with  a  rush,  all  of  the  classes  receiving  a  lib- 
eral list  of  entries.  The  free-for-all  was  par- 
ticularly well  filled  with  fast  racing  material, 
the  following  taking  the  word :  Ruth  D.,  Miss 
Adbell,  Ethel  S.,  Manila  Boy  and  Robert 
Kernan.  The  event  was  won  by  J.  O.  Reay's 
Ruth  D.,  in  straight  heats,  in  the  fast  time 
of  I  :o5  1-4  and  i  :o6,  which,  for  so  early  in 
the  season,  was  considered  remarkable.  Ethel 
S.  was  second  to  the  winner  the  first  heat, 
while  Miss  Adbell  was  beaten  by  Ruth  D. 
the  second  heat  by  a  close  margin. 

There  were  several  interclub  meets  held 
during  the  Summer,  the  club  going  to  the 
Reading  track  in  conflict  with  the  Quanna- 
powitts,  and  the  Quannapowitts  returning  the 
favor  at  Combination  Park,  and  also  there  was 
a  meeting  with  the  Dorchester  Club,  at  the 
club's  home  track. 

At  the  close  of  the  racing  season  the  follow- 
ing was  found  to  be  the  standing  of  ihe  club's 
horses  in  prizes  won  : 


Trotters 

First  point  prize — C.  E.  Twombly's  Doctor — 53. 
Second  point  prize — E.  A.  Ware's  Chubby  Boy — 48. 
Third  point  prize — M.  Leach's  Baron  Gwynn — 34. 
Fourth  point  prize — G.   Horsman's  Ed   King — 28. 
Fifth  point  prize — G.  Reid's  Nut  Axworthy — 15. 
Sixth  point  prize — W.  J.  Forsyth's   Billy  C. — 14. 

Pacers 

First  point  prize — C.  E.  Twombly's  Manila  Boy — 64. 
Second   point  prize — A.  J.   Carpenter's   Robert   Ker- 

non — 59. 
Third  point  prize — G.  A.  Law's  Fanny  M. — 49. 
Fourth  point  prize — L.  J.  Wood's  John  W. — 47. 
Fifth  point  prize — B.  La  Croix's  Little  Dan — 44. 
Sixth  point  prize — O.  E.  Linscott's  Lady  Belle — 43. 
First    prize    for    winning    most    heats — G.  A.  Law's 

Fanny  M. — 46. 
Second  heat  prize — C.  E.  Twombly's  Manila  Boy — 45 
Third  heat  prize — O.  E.  Linscott's  Lady  Belle — 38. 
Fourth  heat  prize — L.  J.  Wood's  John  W. — 38. 
Fifth  heat  prize — B.  La  Croix's  Little  Dan — 36. 
First  prize  for  most  starts — C,  E.  Twombly's  Manila 

Boy— 19. 
Second   prize    for   most   starts — G.   A.   Law's   Fanny 

M.— 17. 


FANNY  M.,  2:24  1-4 
Always  in  the  Thick  of  the  Racing  Battle,  Both  in  Club  and  Interclub  Meets 

Owned  by  G.  A.  Law 


Ladies'  Auxiliary  of  the  Fellsway 
Driving  Club 


Top  Row,  reading  from  left  to  right:— Mrs.  F.  E.  Morrison,  Mrs.  L.  H.  Phelps,  Mrs. 

O.  E.  Linscott,  Mrs.  A.  B.  Pritchard 

Lower  Row:— Mrs.  A.  J.  Carpenter,  Secretary;  Mrs.  C.  W.  Thyng,   Vice-President; 

Mrs.  Agnes  M.  Cornwell,  President;  Mrs.  C.  R.  Forshner,  Treasurer 


IN  the  Summer  of  1909  was  organized 
the  Ladies'  Auxiliary  of  the  Fellsway 
Driving  Club,  and  in  numerous  wayy 
did  it  prove  of  vast  importance  in  the 
advancement  of  the  Fellsway  Club.  Al- 
most from  the  start  the  ladies  added  to  the  ma- 
terial benefit  of  the  club  by  holding  social 
functions,  the  revenue  derived  being  used  in 
securing  comforts  and  articles  of  necessity  re- 
quired by  the  driving  club. 

The  large  flag  that  floats  from  the  flag-pole 
at  Combination  Park  on  race  days  was  made 
by  the  Ladies'  Auxiliary,  while  the  present 
clubroom  in  Franklin  Street  was  almost  en- 
tirely the  result  of  the  auxiliary's  work. 


In  raising  the  funds  .  the  auxiliary  held 
dances,  whist  parties,  luncheons  and  many  odd 
little  gatherings  that  would  bring  in  the  nifty 
penny.  It  has  always  been  active,  at  the  pres- 
ent time  (1914)  holding  weekly  meetings 
on  Wednesday  afternoons,  in  the  Fellsway 
clubroom.  The  first  list  of  officers  of  the  aux- 
iliary was  as  follows  : 

President,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Litchfield;  vice- 
president,  Mrs.  J.  S.  McRae;  treasurer,  Mrs. 
F.  S.  McKown ;  secretary,  Mrs.  Frank  E.  Mor- 
rison. 

The  officials  for  1914  were:  President,  Mrs. 
Agnes  M.  Cornwell;  vice-president,  Mrs.  C. 
W.  Thyng;  treasurer,  Mrs.  C.  R.  Forshner; 
secretary,  Mrs.  A.  J.  Carpenter. 


Well  Known  Members  of 
Fellsway  Club 


GEORGEIN.  COYLE 
One  of  13  Who  Organized  the  Club 


FRANK  E.  MORRISON 
Club's  First  Secretary 


E.  R.  WHITMAN 


C.  M.  LOCKWOOD 


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DOCTOR 

Perhaps  the  Best  Known  Matinee  Trotter  in  Greater  Boston,  He  Having  Raced  for 

Nine  Consecutive  Seasons  and  a  Constant  Prize  Winner.     Owned 

and  Driven  by  C.  E.  Twombly 


LADY  BELLE 

A  Popular  Mare  with  the  Patrons  and  Members  of  the  Fellsway  Club  Matinees  at 

Combination  Park.     Owned  and  Driven  by  O.  E.  Linscott 


Well  Known   Members  of 
Fellsway  Club 


BRADFORD  R.  COBB 


HUGH  J.  MORRISON 


ARGOT  LAD,  2:17  1-2 

Prominent  in  the  Matinees  of  the  Fellsway  Driving  Club.     Owned  by  George  M.  Davis 

and  Driven  by  G.  L.  Davis,  Who  is  Seen  at  the  Gelding's  Head 


The 
Old  Colony  Driving  Club 

1908  1914 


South  Weymouth  Track 


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THE  STABLES-READY  FOR  THE  NEXT  HEAT 


The  Old  Colony  Driving  Club 


THE  Old  Colony  Driving  Club, 
from  the  humjjle  first  member- 
ship of  five,  who,  at  that  time, 
were  members  of  the  Dorchester 
Gentlemen's  Driving  Club  and, 
residing  on  the  South  Shore,  had  to  drive 
quite  a  distance  from  their  homes  to  race  on 
the  Dorchester  Speedway,  has  grovi'n  within 
the  past  three  years  to  be  one  of  the  largest 
and  most  enthusiastic,  as  well  as  prosperous, 
driving  clubs  in  New  England.  The  club 
draws  its  membership  from  Quincy,  Wey- 
mouth, Braintree,  Whitman,  Abington,  Rock- 
land and  Hingham. 

The  racing  ground  of  the  club  is  at  South 
Weymouth,  directly  in  the  center  of  this  ter- 
ritory, and  they  have  one  of  the  best  half-mile 
tracks,  with  spacious  grandstands  and  sixty- 
two  as  fine  horse  stalls  as  there  are  in  New- 
England.  All  of  these  things  have  a  great 
bearing  on  the  success  and  prosperity  of  the 
club,  coupled  with  the  interesting  races  held 
every  Saturday  and  holiday  during  the  season, 
which  begins  April  19  and  ends  November  i. 
On  holidays  the  club  features  extra  attrac- 
tions and  charges  admission  at  the  gate.  On 
all  other  racing  days  admission  is  free. 

On  a  returning  trip  home  from  an  annual 
election  of  the  Dorchester  Gentlemen's  Driv- 
ing Club,  one  night  in  December  of  1907, 
Harry  C.  Thayer,  H.  P.  Hobart,  W.  H.  Foss 
and  George  French,  of  South  Braintree,  with 
B.  C.  Wilder,  of  Hingham,  talked  over  the 
matter  of  organizing  a  driving  club  for  the 
horsemen  of  the  South  Shore,  and  the  leas- 
ing of  the  South  Weymouth  track. 

Meetings  were  held  in  the  stable  office  of 
Harry  Thayer,  at  19  Stafford  Street,  South 
Braintree,  where,  around  the  hot  stove  during 
the  cold  Winter  evenings,  the  Old  Colony 
Driving  Club  was  born  with  the  five  members 
mentioned  above. 

After  preliminary  arrangements  had  been 
completed,  a  call  was  sent  out  to  the  horse 
owners  in  the  several  towns  to  meet  at  Mr. 
Thayer's  stable  office  on  January  24,  1908. 
In  the  meantime,  each  one  of  the  five  button- 
holed every  horse  owner  he  met  and  talked 
the  proposition  over  in  true  advertising  solici- 
tor's style. 

On  the  evening  of  the  meeting,  so  well  had 
the  promoters  done  their  work  that  the  stable 
office  was  not  large  enough  to  accommodate 
the  number  gathered.  So,  after  a  few  remarks 
from   ]\Ir.  Thayer,  who  stated  the  object  of 


the  meeting,  adjournment  was  taken  to  Odd 
Fellows'  Flail,  for  the  evening  of  January  31. 
In  the  meantime,  their  friends  in  the  Dor- 
chester Gentlemen's  Driving  Club,  not  wish- 
ing to  lose  them  as  members,  tried  to  influ- 
ence these  five  against  the  proposition  by  try- 
ing to  convince  them  that  the  adventure  was 
a  foolish  one  and  could  not  be  made  a  success. 
Much  of  this  reasoning  was  caused  from 
the  fact  that  some  years  previous  there  had 
been  a  club,  called  the  South  Shore  Driving 
Club,  which  had  leased  the  South  Weymouth 
track  to  give  horse  races  for  purses  and  gate 
money. 

This  club  had  put  the  name  of  driving 
clubs  in  bad  with  the  horsemen  of  that  vicin- 
ity. They  had  horses  named  as  entered  in 
their  races  who  never  appeared.  They  had 
classes  advertised  to  start  with  ten  and  twelve 
horses,  guaranteeing  to  the  paying  public  in- 
teresting races  with  large  fields  of  horses. 
These  interesting  races  never  took  place ;  in 
fact,  the  horses  advertised  had  never  been  en- 
tered. The  public  was  fooled  so  many  times 
that  it  became  disgusted  and  refused  to  at- 
tend the  races. 

But  despite  all  this,  Mr.  Thayer  and  his 
associates  felt  that  they  could  gain  back  the 
good  opinion  of  the  horsemen  and  racegoers 
of  the  South  Shore  by  being  careful  of  what- 
ever they  might  do. 

So  on  the  evening  of  January  31,  when 
the  meeting  was  called  to  order  in  Odd  Fel- 
lows' Hall,  there  were  nearly  fifty  horse  own- 
ers present.  After  the  usual  routine  business 
necessary  to  organizing,  there  was  a  general 
discussion  for  and  against  the  proposition,  but 
the  opposition  was  very  small. 

The  promoters  at  this  point  appreciated  the 
fact  that,  if  they  were  to  pull  the  thing 
through  to  a  success,  they  must  carefully  se- 
lect their  officials.  So  the  following  slate  was 
made  up  and  elected  unanimously : 

President,  Col.  A.  C.  Drinkwater,  one  of 
the  leading  horse  breeders  of  New  England ; 
vice-president.  Lot  Lohnes ;  secretary  and 
treasurer,  Theron  L.  Tirrell;  directors,  Geo. 
A.  French,  W.  H.  Foss,  B.  W.  Shaw  and 
Frank  P.  Fay ;  racing  committee,  Harry  C. 
Thayer,  E.  H.  Waite,  H.  P.  Hobart,  Lot 
Lohnes,  B.  W.  Shaw,  W.  F.  Drinkwater, 
A.  R.  Hobart,  Joseph  A.  Haley,  C.  S.  Han- 
naford  and  John  J.  Hanley;  membership  com- 
mittee, Robert  R.  Stocker,  James  Ford,  Jo- 
seph A.  Haley;  finance  committee,  J.  Marcus 


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Arnold,  H.  Parker  Hobart,  J.  W.  Ford; 
house  committee,  John  J.  Hanley  and  F.  A. 
Oliver.  All  were  leading  business  men  and 
residents  of  the  several  towns  before  men- 
tioned on  the  South  Shore. 

After  the  election  of  officers  and  the  ap- 
pointing of  committees  for  the  ensuing  year, 
it  was  voted  that  the  weekly  meetings  of  the 


PlititD   by   Chickcnng 

COL.  A.  C.  DRINKWATER 
President  1908 

club,  which  had  been  duly  christened  the  Old 
Colony  Driving  Club,  be  held  during  the  Win- 
ter in  different  halls,  on  account  of  the  mem- 
bers being  so  widely  scattered,  some  living  as 
much  as  twelve  to  fifteen  miles  away.  In 
holding  these  meetings  at  the  hall  in  each 
town  in  the  club's  territory,  there  was  sure 
to  be  a  representative  gathering  from  the 
place  where  the  meeting  was  held,  and,  at  the 
same  time,  all  the  members  would  eventually 
have  a  meeting  of  the  horsemen  in  their  own 
vicinity. 

In  the  Summer  months  it  was  decided  that 
there  would  not  be  so  many  members  to  at- 
tend the  meetings.  Therefore,  the  essential 
matter  before  the  club  would  be  in  having 
the  race  committee  assemble  weekly  to  match 
the  horses  in  the  races  to  be  decided  on  Sat- 
urdays. Mr.  Thayer  kindly  offered  the  useof 
his  stable  office  for  this  purpose,  and,  it  being 
central  for  the  race  committee,  they  accepted 
the  use  of  it. 

It  was  also  voted  to  lease  from  the  Wey- 
mouth Agricultural  and  Industrial  Society  the 


half-mile  track  and  entire  plant  at  South 
Weymouth,  for  the  use  of  the  Old  Colony 
Driving  Club. 

Just  as  soon  as  the  weather  softened,  at  the 
end  of  Winter,  work  was  begun  on  the  plant 
in  improving  the  stable,  grandstand  and  the 
race  track,  so  that  at  the  opening,  held  on 
April  20,  the  19th  falling  on  Sunday,  the 
plant  had  been  so  thoroughly  renovated  that 
an   agreeable  surprise  awaited  those  present. 

While  a  number  of  the  members  of  the  new 
club  were  also  affiliated  with  the  Dorchester 
Gentlemen's  Driving  Club,  yet  it  was,  in 
their  opinion,  a  wise  move  to  prohibit  the  use 
of  hopples  in  the  matinees  at  the  South  W^ey- 
mouth  track. 

The  result  of  this  action  was  immediately 
demonstrated  in  the  number  of  trotters  that 
started  in  the  races  in  proportion  to  the  pa- 
cers, the  former  outnunAering  the  side-wheel- 
ers at  least  three  to  two.  When  a  lot  of  the 
men  owning  horses  along  the  South  Shore 
found  that  the  racing  was  to  be  with  horses 
not  wearing  the  straps,  they  immediately 
joined  the  organization,  bought  a  fast  trotter 
or  a  free-legged  pacer,  and  started  in  to  have 
some  fun.  So  it  was  that  the  Old  Colony 
Club  rapidly  grew  into  distinction,  even  more 
so  than  its  promoters  dared  to  dream. 

There  were  eight  events  scheduled  for  the 
first  day's  racing  of  the  new  club,  and  while 
the  afternoon  was  cold  and  rainy,  yet  all  that 
had  entered  put  in  an  appearance,  while  the 
grandstand  was  well  filled  with  horse-loving 
residents  of  that  vicinity. 

In  the  first  event  of  the  afternoon,  one  of 
the  starters  was  the  trotting  gelding,  Altro  L., 
owned  and  driven  by  Harry  C.  Thayer.  While 
he  lost  the  race,  yet  he  took  the  first  heat  in 
I  :io  1-2,  which  placed  a  record  for  other  trot- 
ters over  the  track  to  shoot  at.  It  is  a  pe- 
culiar instance  that  of  all  the  horses  that  raced 
that  season  for  the  club,  Altro  L.  was,  in  the 
Fall  of  1914,  the  only  one  left  in  the  matinee 
events  of  the  club.  The  summary  of  the  first 
matinee  follows : 

So.  Weymouth,  April  20,  1908 — ^Class  A,  trot. 

Willie  John    (Ford) 2     I     i 

Altro  L.    (Thayer)    i     2     2 

Hulman    (Littlefield)    3     3  dr 

Time — i  :io  1-2,   i  :ii,    i  :il. 

Class  B,  trot. 

India  Panis    (French) 211 

Willie  J.    (Cushman)    I     2     2 

Time— I  :I3,  i  :io  1-2,  i  :I3- 

Class  C,  trot. 

Lassie  (Hannaford)   3     i     i 

King  Bruce  (Wilder)    I     2     2 

Eagle   Bell   (Ford)    2    3    3 

Time— I  ;i7,  i  :i3  1-2,   i  :i3- 


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Class  D,  trot. 

Patricia   (Fay)    i     I 

Molly  Pitcher   (Reed)    2     2 

Time — I  :2o,  i  :26. 
Class  E,  trot. 

Queen  Lily  ( VVaite)    I     I 

Billy  P)Oy  (Stocker)    2     2 

Time — i  :40    i-2,  i  :4i. 
Class  F,  trot  or  pace. 

Nina    (Wilder)     i     i 

Katrina   ( French )    2     2 

Black   Bess    ( Baker)     3     3 

Time — i  1:7,   i  :i8. 
Class  G,  trot  or  pace. 

Yankee  Girl   (Baker)    I     i 

Mizoleta    (Shaw)     2     2 

Sontie    (Oliver)     3     3 

Time — i  :29,   i  :23. 
Class  H,  pace 

Oeio    (Soule)    2     i     i 

Scotch  Oil  ( Ford )    i     2     2 

Time — i:igi-2,  1:15,  1:171-2. 

During  that  season  there  were  held  over 
the  South  Weymouth  track  21  regular  mati- 
nees and  three  interclub  meets,  including  the 
one  held  by  the  fair.  In  the  same  time,  the 
racing  members  competed  away  from  home 
with  the  Brockton  Club,  with  Dorchester,  and 
another  interclub  meet  with  Brockton  during 
the  We)'mouth  Fair.  Not  content  with  these, 
they  visited  Brockton,  in  October,  for  the 
final  session  away  from  home. 

In  the  interclub  meet  with  Brockton,  held 
June  2/,  Old  Colony  won  by  40  points  to  37 
points  for  their  rivals.  On  the  first  day  of 
August,  Brockton  visited  the  Old  Colony  and 
were  beaten,  55  points  to  43  points.  The 
meeting  between  the  two  clubs  at  the  Wey- 
mouth Fair,  September  24,  resulted  in  Old 
Colony  getting  23  points,  to  18  for  the  Shoe 
City  boys.  The  final  session  between  the 
clubs,  held  at  Brockton  on  October  17,  was 
taken  by  Brockton,  they  scoring  53  points  to 
Old  Colony's  41. 

The  Old  Colony  horses  competed  against 
Dorchester  at  Franklin  Field  Speedway  on 
August  8,  the  result  being  in  favor  of  the 
Dorchesters  by  the  overwhelming  score  of 
J2  1-2  points  to  17  1-2  points.  This  was  the 
worst  beating  the  South  Shore  representatives 
ever  received.  It  being  the  first  year  of  their 
career  on  the  turf,  it  taught  them  many  valu- 
able lessons  in  the  art  of  interclub  racing. 

On  September  7  was  the  three-cornered 
interclub  meet  at  the  South  Weymouth  track, 
in  which  Dorchester  scored  75  points.  Old 
Colony  43  points,  and  Brockton  25  points. 

During  the  season  the  trotting  record  was 
reduced  to  i  :oy,  the  following  being  the  way 
the  record  fell :  May  9,  India  Panis  stepped 
in  1:10;  May  23,  Willie  John  in  1:08  1-2; 
July  4,  Altro  L.,  in  1:08;  September  12, 
Altro  L.  defeated  Czarina  in   i  107  3-4 ;  Sep- 


tember 26,  Altro  L.  defeated  Willie  John  in 
I  107. 

For  the  pacers.  Winter  quarters  found  the 
record  placed  at  i  :o5.  The  method  of  accom- 
plishing this  is  shown  by  the  following:  April 
20,  Cleio  started  the  pacing  record  by  winning 
in  I  :i5;  April  25,  Czarina  lowered  it  to  i  :io; 
May  23,  Nina  B.  turned  the  track  in  1:09; 
May  23,  Czarina  dropped  the  record  to  i  105. 

The  race  committee,  after  thoroughly  going 
through  the  performances  for  the  Summer, 
found  the  following  were  the  winners  of  the 
season's  trophies : 

PRIZE  WINNERS 

Trotters 

Gold  mounted  whip  for  fastest  average  time^Harry 

C.  Thayer's  Altro  L.,  i  :  10  9-10. 
Blanket  for  greatest  number  of  heats — D.  F.  Daley's 

Aquiline. 
Horse  suit  and  knee  pads   for  the  greatest   number 
of  points— B.  C.  Wilder's  Nina— 61  1-2. 
Pacers 
Cooler  for  fastest  average  time — J.  F.  Young's  Ka- 

lanos — i;i2i-8. 
Blanket  and  surcingle  for  greatest  number  of  points 
— E.  L.  Soule's  Cleio — 38. 


SEASON  OF  1909 


At  the  annual  election  held  in  January,  the 
following  was  the  result:  President,  Lot 
Lohnes;  vice-president,  H.  C.  Thayer;  secre- 
tary and  treasurer,  T.  L.  Tirrell;  directors. 
Col.  A.  C.  Drinkwater,  Geo.  A.  French,  J.  B. 
Reed,  B.  C.  Wilder;  racing  committee,  E.  H. 
Waite,  chairman;  A.  R.  Hobart,  H.  P.  Ho- 
bart,  J.  F.  Young,  G.  A.  French,  B.  W.  Shaw, 
M.  F.  Drinkwater,  Jas.  Ford,  D.  F.  Daley, 
D.  W.  Hart;  membership  committee,  A.  S. 
Marsh,  O.  W.  Watson,  S.  A.  Litchfield; 
finance  committee,  J.  B.  Reed,  B.  C.  Wilder 
and  R.  D.  Stetson ;  house  committee,  A.  F. 
Clapp,  Max  Schraut  and  Nat'l  Ells ;  auditing 
committee,  C.  C.  Pendergast,  H.  C.  Thayer 
and  J.  F.  Young;  entertainment  committee, 
J.  F.  Young,  H.  C.  Thayer,  H.  P.  Hobart, 
J.  A.  Haley  and  C.  F.  Cavanagh. 

The  first  annual  banquet  was  held  in 
February,  and  was  a  pronounced  success, 
the  dinner,  entertainment  and  after-dinner 
speeches  bringing  forth  praise  from  all. 

With  Lot  Lohnes,  the  president,  and  a  lot 
of  good  men,  hard  workers,  on  the  committees, 
the  season  proved  a  very  successful  one  on 
the  track.  The  membership  grew  very  rapidly 
and  the  attendance  on  holidays  and  field  days 
of  the  club  was  very  creditable  indeed. 

On  May  31  was  held  an  interclub  meet  with 
Dorchester  and,  on  July  5,  the  local  club  had 
a  session  with  the  Brockton  horsemen.  Both 
of  these  meets  aroused  a  great  deal  of  interest. 


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A  number  of  prizes  were  given  which  cre- 
ated an  unusual  amount  of  rivalry  between  the 
members.  At  the  conclusion  of  the  season's 
matinees,  it  was  found  that  the  following  had 
captured  the  trophies. 

PRIZE  WINNERS 
Trotters 

Director's  cup  (value  $25)  for  winner  of  most  races 
— B.  C.  Wilder's  Nina. 

Cup  (value  $25)  for  fastest  average  time — T.  A. 
Cushman's  Willie  J. 

Cup  (value  $15)  for  winner  of  most  points  that 
never  before  started  in  club's  races — ^J.  J.  Buck- 
ley's Duffy's  Malt, 

Cup  (value  $10)  for  the  fastest  time  in  winning 
races — ^M.  F.  Drinkwater's  Winaka. 

Sonoma  Girl  harness  (value  $50)  for  winner  of 
most  points — B.  C.  Wilder's  King  Bruce. 

Bristilian  service  fee  (value  $25)  for  starting  and 
finishing  in  greatest  number  of  races — S.  A.  Litch- 
field's   Starling. 

Racing  bridle  (value  $10)  for  winner  of  most  heats 
— D.  Frank  Daley's  Aquiline. 

Turkey  (value  $6)  for  winner  of  greatest  number  of 
races,  including  matches — B.  C.  Wilder's  King 
Bruce. 

Blue  ribbon  winners — A.  A.  Davenport's  Lady  Samp- 
son, A.  R.  Hobart's  Miss  Panis,  A.  S.  Marsh's 
Campwood. 

Pacers 
Racing   committee   cup    (value   $50)    for   winner    of 

most  points — ^E.  H.  Olapp's  Dolly  Lincoln. 
Cup    (value    $25)      for    fastest     average     time — Lot 

Lohnes'  Sunderland  King. 
Cup    (value   $15)    for   winner    of    most   points    that 

never  before  started  in  club's  races — E.  F.  Maher's 

Louise   D. 
Cup    (value   $10)    for    the    fastest   time    in    winning 

races — H.   P.  Hobart's  Nina  B. 
Carriage    robes     (value    $25)     for    winner    of    most 

races — J.  Cummings'  Fire  Bug. 
Blue   ribbon    winners — C.    E.    McKenzie's    Kathleen, 

D.  F.  Bates'  Oswego  Boy,  Lot  Lohnes'  Maud  Mil- 
ler. 


spectators,  and  at  the  weekly  meetings  during 
the  Winter,  where  refreshments  were  served 
and  after-luncheon  speaking  was  indulged. 
In  every  way  the  club  prospered  and  kept 
branching  out.  The  annual  banquet  brought 
out  the  best  there  was  in  the  club. 

In  awarding  the  prizes  for  the  season,  it 
was  found  that  Harry  Thayer's  Altro  L.  was 
the  king  of  trotters,  and  J.  W.  Linnehan's 
Budweiser  had  put  it  over  the  pacers.  For 
the  point  prizes,  S.  A.  Litchfield's  Starling 
made  the  most  for  the  trotters,  and  George 
Beal's  Young  Bayard  got  the  highest  count 
for  the  pacers. 

PRIZE  WINNERS 

Trotters 
Time  cup — H.  C.  Thayer's  Altro  L. 
Point  cup — S.  A.  Litchfield's   Starling. 

Pacers 
Time  cup — J.  W.  Linnehan's  Budweiser. 
Point  cup — George  Beat's  Young  Bayard. 

Note.— In  1910  were  held  234  races  with  573  heats, 
racing  398  trotters  and  278  pacers. 


SEASON  OF  1910 


The  following  shows  the  officers  elected  at 
the  annual  meeting :  President,  B.  C.  Wilder ; 
vice-president,  D.  Frank  Daley ;  secretary  and 
treasurer,  T.  L.  Tirrell ;  directors,  Lot  Lohnes, 
A.  S.  Marsh,  G.  A.  French,  S.  A.  Litchfield; 
racing  committee,  J.  F.  Young,  H.  Miller, 
E.  H.  Waite,  H.  C.  Thayer,  G.  A.  French, 
A.  R.  Hobart,  J.  W.  Ford,  T.  A.  Cushman, 
D.  F.  Daley  and  Jas.  Cummings ;  member- 
ship committee,  A.  S.  Marsh,  S.  A.  Litchfield 
and  Win.  Gilligan ;  finance  committee,  D.  W. 
Hart,  M.  C.  Sproul  and  E.  H.  Waite;  house 
committee,  Max  Schraut,  D.  F.  Daley,  A.  S. 
Marsh. 

Matters  were  kept  humming  during  the  ad- 
ministration of  B.  C.  Wilder,  both  on  the 
track,  where  the  matinee  and  interclub  events 
brought  forth  big  fields  of  starters  and  great 
enthusiasm   from  both  the  members  and  the 


SEASON  OF  1911 


The  annual  election  resulted  as  follows : 
President,  D.  Frank  Daley;  vice-president, 
Jas.  F.  Young;  secretary  and  treasurer,  L.  L. 
Kennedy;  directors,  B.  C.  Wilder,  T.  L.  Tir- 
rell, A.  R.  Hobart  and  S.  A.  Litchfield;  rac- 
ing committee,  Jas.  F.  Young,  chairman,  E.  H. 
Waite,  H.  C.  Thayer,  H.  P.  Miller,  A.  R. 
Hobart,  H.  P.  Hobart,  A.  S.  Marsh,  Geo. 
Beal,  Jas.  Cummings  and  B.  C.  Wilder; 
house  committee,  E.  H.  Waite,  A.  R.  Hobart, 
A.  S.  Marsh. 

Matters  were  kept  humming  in  both  a  so- 
cial way  and  on  the  track  during  the  year, 
there  being  interclub  meets  with  the  nearby 
driving  clubs,  and  each  Saturday  and  holiday 
there  was  the  regular  matinee  held  at  the 
South  Weymouth  track.  In  February  was 
the  annual  banquet. 

There  was  a  lot  of  rivalry  during  the  Sum- 
mer for  the  valuable  cups  offered  for  the  sea- 
son, and  when  it  came  to  sifting  out  the  vic- 
tors, it  was  found  the  following  were  the 
fortunate  ones. 

PRIZE  WINNERS 
Trotters 
Time   cup— J.  W.   Ford's  Willie  John. 
Point  cup— .H.  C.  Thayer's  Altro  L. 

Pacers 
Time  cup— E.  F,  Mahar's  Onward  March. 
Point   cup— J.   F.   Hollis'   Thistle. 

Note.— In  191 1  were  held  234  races  with  553  heats, 
racing  375  trotters  and  291  pacers. 


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SEASON  OF  1912 


At  the  annual  election,  the  following  were 
placed  in  office  for  the  ensuing  year :  Presi- 
dent, Jas.  F.  Young;  vice-president,  S.  A. 
Litchfield ;  secretary  and  treasurer,  L.  L. 
Kennedy;  directors,  B.  C.  Wilder,  E.  H. 
Waite,  D.  Frank  Daley,  H.  P.  Hobart ;  racing 
committee,  D.  Frank  Daley,  chairman,  J.  W. 


JAMES  F.  YOUNG 
President  1912 

Ford,  G.  A.  French,  J.  J.  Buckley,  W.  H. 
Gilligan,  A.  R.  Hobart,  H.  P.  Miller,  Thos. 
MacKenzie,  C.  H.  Richards,  S.  B.  Totman. 

In  the  selection  of  James  F.  Young  for 
president  in  1912,  the  members  of  the  Old 
Colony  Driving  Club  thoroughly  believed  in 
recognizing  a  hard  worker  in  the  interests  of 
the  organization. 

President  Young  had  been  identified  with 
the  racing  committee  from  the  inception  of 
the  club.  In  1909  he  worked  under  Chairman 
E.  H.  Waite.  The  following  year  he  accepted 
the  office  of  chairman  of  that  committee, 
which  he  held  through  191 1. 

Any  person  familiar  with  the  duties  of 
chairman  of  the  racing  committee  realizes  the 
difficulty  of  fulfilling  the  position  to  the  sat- 
isfaction of  the  members  racing  horses.  Pres- 
ident Young  had  accomplished  this  in  a  way 
that  was  almost  miraculous.  Far  from  being 
unpopular,  he  was  really  liked  best  by  the 
men  who  had  raced  under  him.  Both  as  a 
handicapper  and  as  the  starting  judge,  he  had 
become  vastly  more  appreciated  in  their  es- 


timation, his  good  judgment  and  diplomacy 
having  made  him  a  lot  of  friends. 

It  was  thus  easy  to  see  that  the  season  of 
1912  was  destined  to  be  one  of  the  most  pros- 
perous in  the  history  of  the  Old  Colony  Driv- 
ing Club.  President  Young  not  only  kept 
matters  humming  on  the  track,  but  in  a  social 
way. 

That  Winter  was  held  in  Odd  Fellows' 
Hall,  Ouincy,  a  banquet  at  which  were  in  at- 
tendance the  presidents  arid  leading  officials 
of  other  clubs  in  Greater  Boston  and  Brock- 
ton. It  was  one  of  the  real  good  times  that  so 
much  help  to  cement  into  friendship  the  mem- 
bers of  the  club  with  those  belonging  to  other 
driving  clubs. 

It  was  found  at  the  close  of  the  season  that 
the  following  were  successful  in  winning  the 
trophies. 


Time  cup- 
Point  cup- 


PRIZE   WINNERS 

Trotters 
W.  Ford's  Willie  John. 
A.  Cushman's  Willie  J. 


Pacers 
B.  Reed's  Edith  R. 
R.   Anderson's   Benjamin. 
Note. — In  1912  were  held  195  races  with  472  heats, 
racing  341  trotters  and  2x6  pacers. 


Time  cup — J. 
Point   cup — I. 


SEASON  OF  1913 


Following  are  the  officials  that  were  elected 
for  the  ensuing  year :  President,  Harry  C. 
Thayer ;  vice-president,  Henry  P.  Miller ;  sec- 
retary and  treasurer,  M.  C.  Sproul;  directors, 
John  F.  Hollis,  Thos.  Green,  H.  P.  Hobart 
and  J.  F.  Young;  breeding  committee,  Lot 
Lohnes,  M.  F.  Drinkwater,  S.  A.  Litchfield; 
racing  committee,  J.  F.  Young,  chairman, 
H.  P.  Miller,  H.  P.  Hobart,  E.  H.  Waite, 
A.    R.    Hobart,    Lot    Lohnes,    B.    C.    Wilder, 

D.  F.  Daley,  Thos.  Green  and  J.  W.  Ford; 
membership  committee,  A.  R.  Hobart,  E.  C. 
AVilcox,  and  D.  F.  Daley;  finance  committee, 

E.  H.  Waite,  Geo.  Beal  and  C.  F.  Cavanaugh ; 
house  committee,  H.  P.  Hobart,  C.  H.  Rich- 
ards and  C.  E.  MacKenzie ;  auditing  commit- 
tee, R.  D.  Stetson,  B.  C.  Wilder  and  T.  A 
Cushinan. 

It  had  always  been  with  rare  foresight  that 
the  members  of  the  club  selected  their  leading 
officials.  This  was  manifest  by  the  electing 
of  Harry  C.  Thayer  as  the  chief  executive  of 
the  club.  President  Thayer  was  one  of  the 
five  that  instituted  the  Old  Colony  Driving 
Club,  and,  from  that  very  opening  night  to 
the  present  time,  his  heart  and  soul  have  been 
in  the  prosperity  of  the  organization  which  he 
helped  to  found. 

President  Thayer  not  only  used  his  influ- 


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ence  in  every  way  in  having  the  club  grow 
stronger  in  numbers  and  finance,  but  he  used 
his  check  book  in  increasing  the  quality  of  the 
horses  in  the  matinees.  One  venture  of  his 
was  the  purchase  of  the  trotting  mare,  Kath- 
erine  R.,  2:11  3-4,  from  Trainer  Harry  Jones, 
Rushville.   Ind.    This   naturally  led  other   in- 


HARRY  C.  THAYER 
President  1913 

fluential  members  of  the  club  to  dig  into  their 
pockets  for  racing  material  that  would  be  ca- 
pable of  giving  President  Thayer's  new  pur- 
chase a  real  horse  race. 

In  the  Winter  was  held  another  banquet  in 
Quincy,  and  the  after-dinner  speaking  was  a 
revelation  to  many  present.  G.  Pray  Smith, 
of  the  Metropolitan  Club,  expiated  on  the 
good  accomplished  by  any  driving  club  that 
prohibited  the  use  of  the  hopples,  and  said 
that  during  the  coming  season  there  would  be 
interclub  meetings  between  the  Metropolitan 
and  the  Old  Colony,  as  the  only  two  clubs  in 
Greater  Boston  that  barred  the  straps. 

There  was  a  big  delegation  present  from 
the  Dorchester  Club,  the  feelings  between  the 
Old  Colony  and  that  club  always  having  been 
of  the  very  best.  Somehow  the  remarks  about 
the  hopples  did  not  sit  very  easily  on  their 
nerves,   and,   among  others,    President   R.    G. 


Crosby  spoke  right  out  in  the  meeting  and 
said  that  his  club,  the  Dorchesters,  was  will- 
ing to  meet  any  and  all  clubs  in  Greater  Bos- 
ton, and  it  was  the  sentiment  of  its  members 
that  they  were  fully  as  strong  in  racing  ma- 
terial as  any  of  the  driving  clubs.  He,  further- 
more, said  that  the  Dorchesters  were  not 
bound  down  to  using  hopples  on  their  horses, 
but  they  did  so  because  in  the  beginning  it 
was  popular  with  all  horsemen  to  use  the 
straps  on  pacers  when  the  occasion  required. 
In  this  way  many  members  of  the  Dor- 
chester Club  had  purchased  pacers  that,  in 
order  to  race  their  best,  had  to  wear  hopples, 
and  it  would  be  a  big  injustice  to  these  mem- 
bers in  preventing  their  use.  It  was  wholly 
on  account  of  justice  that  the  club  still  con- 
tinued upholding  the  hopples. 

President  Thayer  gave  a  very  interesting 
talk,  saying  that  he  hoped  that  the  coming 
months  would  see  a  lot  of  friendly  rivalry  be- 
tween the  driving  clubs,  and  that  the  Old  Col- 
ony Club  intended  being  a  participant  in  many 
of  the  interclub  events.  He  knew  the  senti- 
ment of  the  club  was  favorable  to  going  out 
and  meeting  other  clubs,  and  it  was  his  opin- 
ion that  when  it  came  to  interclub  racing,  the 
Old  Colony  was  fully  as  well  fortified  in  fast 
trotters  and  fast  pacers  as  any  club  in  not 
only  Greater  Boston,  but  in  New  England.  In 
the  interclub  meets  of  1910,  the  Metropolitan 
had  won  the  prize  cup,  the  emblem  of  the 
championship  of  New  England.  He  hoped 
that  ere  the  season  of  1913  had  closed,  the 
Old  Colony  and  the  Metropolitan  would  have 
met,  and  the  supremacy  of  the  two  organiza- 
tions be  firmly  decided. 

Among  other  speakers  were  Col.  A.  C. 
Drinkwater,  first-president  of  the  Old  Colony 
and  the  breeder  of  the  noted  stallion,  Cochato 
(3),  2:11  1-2;  S.  Walter  Wales,  past  presi- 
dent of  the  Dorchesters;  Harry  C.  Briggs, 
past  president  of  the  Brockton  Club ;  Fred 
Beachey,  publisher  of  the  American  Horse 
Breeder ;  J-  O.  Reay,  the  owner  of  many  valu- 
able racing  horses  in  the  present  and  past, 
and  Edward  E.  Cogswell. 

With  the  counting  up  of  the  awards  at  the 
close  of  the  season,  it  was  found  that  Presi- 
dent Thayer  had  bought  wisely  in  securing 
Katherine  R.,  as  she  had  not  only  captured 
the  point  prize,  but  on  August  16,  in  a  race 
against  A^an  Dyke,  she  equaled  the  track  rec- 
ord of  -T  :o7,  which  Altro  L.  had  held  for  five 
years. 

The  pacers,  too,  had  demonstrated  a  lot  of 
speed,  as  on  two  occasions  during  the  season 
the  record  had  been  lowered.  On  June  28, 
Miss  Winifred,  the  property  of  H.  W. 
VVaite,   and   driven  by  John   Daley,   won   the 


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race,  and  paced  one  of  her  heals  in  i  :o4,  thus 
chopping  off  a  whole  second  from  the  previ- 
ous pacing  record  of  the  course,  made  by 
Czarina  in  1908.  Benjamin,  on  August  16, 
tied  the  record  of  i  :04  by  going  to  beat  i  :05. 
Benjamin  was  the  property  of  E.  L.  Edes,  and 
was  driven  in  his  successful  effort  by  I.  R. 
Anderson. 

Among  the  new  trotters  that  raced  in  the 
matinees  was  Kaldar,  purchased  by  S,  B. 
Totman,  and  noted  as  one  of  the  winners  in 
the  American  Trotting  Derby  of  1909.  The 
cup?  for  the  season  were  awarded  as  follows : 

PRIZE   WINNERS 
Trotters 
Time  cup — S.  B.  Totman's  Kaldar. 
Point  cup — H.  C.  Thayer's  Katherine  R. 

Pacers 
Time  cup — I.   R.  Anderson's   Benjamin. 
Point  cup — C.  E.  MacKenzie's  Kathleen. 

Note — In  1913  were  held  194  races  with  470  heats, 
racing  339  trotters  and  215  pacers. 


IjrilHantly  than  the  others  was  the  winning  of 
Benjamin  in  the  fast  ])acing  class  over  Sister 
Patch,  the  pacing  queen  of  the  Dorchester 
Club,  the  gelding  turning  the  track  in  i  :o8 
and  I  ;o7. 


SEASON  OF  1914 


The  annual  election  resulted  as  follows : 
President,  Henry  P.  Miller ;  vice-president, 
Rector  D.  Stetson ;  secretary  and  treasurer, 
M.  C.  Sproul;  directors,  D.  F.  Daley,  T.  H. 
Green,  J.  F.  Young,  S.  B.  Totman. 

In  February  was  held  the  annual  banquet, 
in  Fogg's  Opera  House,  South  Weymouth, 
and  among  the  invited  guests  was  a  liberal 
representation  from  the  Dorchester  Club.  In 
the  after-dinner  speaking,  plans  were  pro- 
posed which  eventuated  in  the  holding  of  the 
interclub  meets  that  were  decided  later  in  the 
season. 

President  Miller  spoke  very  enthusiastically 
over  the  continued  success  of  the  Old  Colony 
Club  in  its  matinees  keeping  up  to  the  stand- 
ard. Though  in  many  of  the  older  clubs  of 
Greater  Boston,  there  had  been  a  decided  fall- 
ing off  in  the  number  of  starters,  the  racing 
members  of  the  Old  Colony  continued  to  stick 
by  the  ship  in  good  style,  with  the  result  that 
each  Saturday  there  was  a  tirst-class  racing 
card  decided.  It  was  President  Miller's  idea 
that  the  coming  season  should  find  the  club's 
horses  meeting  those  of  Dorchester,  and,  if 
possible,  he  would  like  to  see  a  series  of  meet- 
ings held  with  the  Metropolitan  Driving  Club. 

The  first  contest  between  the  Dorchesters 
and  Old  Colony  took  place  at  South  Wey- 
mouth pn  July  4.  There  were  fourteen  classes 
on  the  card,  and  the  final  result  was  in  doubt 
until  the  very  last  race  had  been  decided.  Old 
Colony  only  winning  by  the  close  margin  of 
45  points  to  43  for  their  rivals. 

While  all  of  the  events  were  particularly 
interesting,  yet  the  one  that  showed  up  inore 


HENRY  P.  MILLER 
President  1914 

Charley  King,  owned  by  A.  T.  Wheelock,  of 
the  Dorchesters,  who  had  for  so  many  seasons 
been  the  bearcat  for  all  comers,  was  pitted 
against  Edith  R.,  of  the  Old  Colony,  the  other 
starter  being  Teddy  Bingen,  who  also  rep- 
resented the  Dorchesters.  Charley  King  was 
as  reliable  as  always,  and  reeled  off  the  event 
in  I  -.oy  3-4  and  i  -.oy  1-4. 

Another  pacer  that  covered  himself  with 
credit  was  Chato,  owned  and  driven  by  Fred 
H.  Bellows,  who  represented  the  Dorchesters, 
though  a  member  of  both  of  the  clubs.  Chato 
defeated  Pauline  and  Redondale,  both  of  the 
Old  Colony,  stepping  his  heats  in  i  :io  1-2 
and  I  :o8  1-2,  and  clearly  demonstrated  to 
those  who  saw  him  perform  the  brilliant  pro- 
fessional career  in  store  for  him  later  in  the 
season. 

In  the  trotting  events,  the  fastest  perform- 
ers were  Jack  Bingen,  owned  by  President 
R.  G.  Crosby,  of  the  Dorchesters,  and  driven 
by  Fred  Eldredge ;  Kaldar,  entered  by  S.  B. 
Totman  of  the  Old  Colony;  Catherine  C, 
owned  and  driven  by  Ezra  Waite  of  the  same 
club,  and  Silence,  with  HoUis  Gallup,  the  vet- 
eran of  the  Dorchesters,  in  the  sulky.  These 
horses  were  in  Class  B,  and  the  event  was  de- 
cided in  the  order  named.  Kaldar  won  the 
first  heat  in  i  :09  3-4,  but  afterwards  Jack 
Bingen  was  first  in  i  109  and  i  :og  3-4. 


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Another  split-heat  race  was  that  taken  by 
The  Guy,  of  the  Old  Colony,  who  won  the 
second  and  third  heats  in  1:13  1-4  and  1:13, 
after  losing  the  first  heat  to  George  M.,  owned 
and  driven  by  O.  C.  Charles  of  the  Dorches- 
ters,  in  I  :i6.  Mary  iVIc,  owned  and  driven 
by  M.  McDermott  of  the  Dorchesters,  proved 
quite  a  factor  in  the  final  heat.  The  Guy  only 
beating  her  by  a  neck,  in  the  fastest  time  of 
the  race. 

With  the  excitement  at  fever  pitch  on  ac- 
count of  the  two  clubs  being  nearly  together 
in  points  at  this  late  stage  of  the  racing  card. 
Class  N,  for  pacers,  kept  everybody  on  tiptoe 
until  the  decision  was  rendered.  Red  Bird 
won  for  Old  Colony  in  three  heats.  Orange 
Girl  taking  the  first  trip  in  1 114,  and  then 
the  former  catching  the  judge's  eye  in 
I  :i2  1-2  and  i  :ii  1-2. 

The  second  interclub  meet  held  between  the 
Dorchesters  and  Old  Colony  was  on  Labor 
Day,  September  7,  at  the  South  Weymouth 
track,  and  resulted  in  a  much  easier  victory 
for  the  Old  Colony  than  the  one  of  July  4, 
the  visiting  club  only  getting  35  points,  while 
the  home  boys  were  gathering  a  cluster  of 
58  points. 

In  the  fast  pacing  class,  the  local  flyer, 
Miss  Vassar,  owned  by  James  F.  Young  and 
driven  by  Millard  Drinkwater,  defeated  Ben- 
jamin in  I  :o6  1-4  and  i  :o6  1-2,  which  was 
quite  a  surprise  to  many  of  the  admirers  of 
the  latter. 

In  Class  B  pacing.  Sister  Patch,  of  the 
Dorchesters,  was  pitted  against  Edith  R.,  of 
the  Old  Colony,  while  Fred  Eldredge,  of  the 
Dorchesters,  was  the  other  starter  with  Joe 
King.  Edith  R.  landed  the  first  heat  in  i  :o6, 
thus  beating  the  fastest  time  made  by  the 
free-for-allers.  Sister  Patch  then  came  to  the 
front,  winning  in  i  107  and  i  :o8  1-2. 

Trixie  S.,  that  had  been  purchased  earlier 
in  the  season  by  R.  D.  Stetson  of  the  Old 
Colony,  was  in  the  event  against  Color  Bearer 
and  Harry  Direct,  both  of  the  Dorchesters, 
while  Teddy  Muscovite  was  the  other  starter 
and  represented  the  home  club.  Trixie  S. 
made  short  work  of  winning,  and  her  time 
was  I  :o9  3-4  and  i  :i2. 

For  the  trotters,  in  the  feature  event  was 
President  Crosby's  Jack  Bingen,  of  the  Dor- 
chesters, Katherine  R.,  Harry  C.  Thayer's 
entry  for  the  Old  Colony,  and  Higgins,  who 
also  represented  the  local  club,  while  Hollis 
Gallup  came  over  from  Dorchester  with  Si- 
lence. Jack  Bingen  was  not  to  be  denied  the 
victory,  he  stepping  the  circle  in  i  :o8  3-4  and 
1 :09. 

An  event  not  in  the  list  of  interclub  races 
was  between  Kaldar  and  Miss  Lake,  the  lat- 


ter owned  by  H.  C.  Thayer,  the  distance  be- 
ing mile  heats.  The  former  headed  the  sum- 
mary in  2  :22  1-4  for  the  fastest  heat.  Though 
defeated.  Miss  Lake  showed  great  improve- 
ment; in  fact,  this  mare  had  come  very  fast 
in  the  last  year  of  her  handling  and  critics 
predicted  that,  before  her  retirement  from 
racing,  she  would  make  a  creditable  record. 

Not  since  the  inception  of  the  club  had  there 
been  so  successful  a  racing  season.  On  each 
Saturday  there  were  held  from  eleven  to  four- 
teen different  racing  events  with  a  liberal  num- 
ber of  starters  in  each,  and,  to  show  how  well 
matched  the  contestants  were,  the  races  aver- 
aged three  heats,  showing  that  in  most  in- 
stances the  winners  did  not  have  an  easy  time 
in  securing  the  blue  ribbon.  With  most  of  the 
matinee  clubs  working  hard  to  hold  their  own, 
it  was  refreshing  to  the  admirers  of  amateur 
sport  to  note  the  flourishing  condition  of  the 
Old  Colony  Club.  The  winners  for  the  va- 
rious cups  and  prizes  for  the  season  were  as 
follows : 

PRIZE  WINNERS 

Trotters 

Cup   (value  $10)   for  winner  of  fastest  heat— H.  W. 

Waite's  The  Reckoning,   i  :o8  3-4. 
Harness    (value    $35)     for    winner    of    the    greatest 

number  of  points— H.  C.  Thayer's  Miss  Lake,  79- 
Horse  clothing  (value  $20)   for  fastest  average  time 

in  winning  mile  races — D.  Frank  Daley's  The  Sen- 
ator. 
Stop  watch   (value  $15)   for  winner  of  second  great- 
est   number    of    points — J.    W.    Totman's    Kaldar, 

72  1-2. 
Carriage  robe   (value  $10)    for  fastest  average  time 

in  winning  races — H.  W.  Waite's  Catherine  C. 
Wool  sweater  (value  $10)   for  starting  and  finishing 

in  greatest  number  of   races— C.  H.   Williamson's 

George  W. 
Traveling  bag  (value  $10)  for  winner  of  most  points 

and   never  before  competed  in  club's  races — C.  I. 

Swan's  Higgins,  56. 
Horse   boots    (value   $7.50)    for   winner   of   greatest 

number    of    races — A.    A.    Davenport's    Sampson 

Maid. 
Open  bridle   (value  $6)    for  winner  of  most  heats — 

C.  E.  Abbott's  Stella  Nelson. 
Blue  ribbon  winners — E.  C.  Wilcox's  Nelsa  Benton, 

W.  H.  Foss'  Warren  H.,  Sandy  Rulston's  Patriot, 

and  D.  M.  Biggs'  Annie  M. 

Pacers 

Silver  cup  (value  $10)  for  winner  of  the  fastest 
heat^H.  W.  Waite's  Miss  Winifred,  i  :o5. 

Harness  (value  $35)  for  winner  of  greatest  number 
of  points— T.   E.  McKenzie's  Doubtful,   63  1-2. 

Stop  watch  (value  $15)  for  winner  of  second  great- 
est number  of  points — I.  R.  Anderson's  Benjamin, 

57  1-2. 
Carriage  robe   (value  $10)   for  fastest  average  time 

in  winning  races — J.  F.  Young's  Miss  Vassar,  aver- 
age 1 :09  1-4. 
Traveling  bag  (value  $10)  for  vi-inner  of  most  points 

that  never  before  competed  in  club's  races —  E.  F. 

Maher's  Pauline. 
Horse   boots    (value  $7.So)    for   winner   of   greatest 

number  of  races — B.  A.  Burke's  Blix. 
Blue  ribbon  winners— H.  P.  Hobart's  Jefferson  Mc- 

Kerron,  John  Dwyer's  Bobby. 

Note. — In  1914  were  held  620  races  with  1,553 
heats,  racing  356  trotters  and  264  pacers. 


Well  Known  Members  of  Old 
Colony  Club 


MATTHEW  C.  SPROUL 
Secretary-Treasurer  1913-14 


ts 


iit 


FRED  H.  BELLOWS 
Also  Member  of  Metropolitan  and  Dorches- 
ter Clubs 


KALDAR,  2:17  1-4 
Winner  of  Third  Money  in  1909  Readville  Handicap  and  a  Sterling  Matinee  Trotter. 
Owned  by  S.  B.  Totman  and  Driven  by  J.  W.  Totman 


KATHERINE  R.,  2:11  3-4 

Joint  Holder,  with  Altro  L.,  2:09  3-4,  of  Matinee  Trotting  Record  at  South  Weymouth 

Track  of  1:07.     Owned  and  Driven  by  Harry  C.  Thayer 


EDITH  R.,  2:18  1-4 

Has  Raced  with  Success  in  Matinees  of  Old  Colony  Club  for  Four  Seasons.     In  the 

Cart   is   George   Reed,    Grandson   of  George  Reed,  One  of  the  Original 

Founders  of  the  Weymouth  Agricultural  Society  on  Whose  Track 

Edith  R.  Races.     Owned  by  Josiah  B.  Reed 


Rector  Damon  Stetson  and  His  Horses 


FANCY  P.,  Trial  2:22,  and  CHARM  P.,  Record  of  2:10 
Considered  the  Best  Pole  Team  of  Trotters  on  the  South  Shore 

TRIXIE  S.,  2:14  1-2 
Mr.  Stetson's  Crack  Pacer  in  Old  Colony  Club  Matinee  Races 


BENJAMIN,  2:26  1-4  (Trial,   2:17) 

Joint  Holder  of  Matinee  Pacing  Record  at  South  Weymouth  Track  of  1:04. 

Owned  by  E.  L.  Edes  and  Driven  by  I.  R.  Anderson 


GEORGE  W. 

One  of  the  Best  Known  Matinee  Performers  of  the  Old  Colony  Club  in  the  Local 

and  Interclub  Meets.     Owned  and  Driven  by  George  H.  Williamson. 


The  Ouannapo\vitt 
Driving  Club 

1907  1914 


Reading- Wakefield  Track 


SHOWING  HOMESTRETCH  AND  GRANDSTAND 


WINNING  BY  A  HEAD 


STABLES  SEEN  IN  BACKGROUND 


The  Ouannapowitt  Driving  Club 


WITH  driving  clubs  representing 
tlie  several  sections  of  Greater 
Boston,  the  fever  spread  to 
Reading  and  the  surrounding 
towns  in  1907,  the  dyed-in-the- 
wool  horse  lovers  believing  that  there  was 
sufficient  material  at  hand  to  form  a  driving 
club. 

So  it  came  about  that  in  the  month  of  May, 
of  that  year,  the  following  called  a  meeting 
that  was  held  in  Reading,  and  the  Quanna- 
powitt  Driving  Club  was  the  outcome :  George 
A.  Cowdrey,  J.  C.  Macomber,  H.  A.  Brackett, 
George  A.  Shackford,  J.  B.  Wilkinson,  C.  D. 
Wells,  Dr.  C.  H.  Playdon,  and  A.  H.  Jewett. 

The  election  of  officers  was  made  after  the 
announcement  of  the  call  of  the  meeting,  with 
its  object,  had  been  read,  as  follows:  Presi- 
dent, J.  C.  Macomber;  vice-president,  G.  A. 
Shackford;  treasurer,  G.  A.  Cowdrey;  secre- 
tar}^  H.  A.  Brackett. 

On  account  of  the  club's  membership  being 
so  widely  scattered,  it  was  decided  that  the 
organization  not  attempt  having  a  social  side 
in  its  affairs,  outside  of  holding  a  banquet 
each  year,  and  possibly  a  ladies'  night.  It  was 
voted  that  the  annual  pieetings  be  held  each 
January,  in  Odd  Fellows'  Hall,  Reading. 

The  first  business  of  the  club  was  the  leas- 
ing of  the  Reading- Wakefield  half-mile  track 
to  hold  its  matinee  races  over.  It  was  also  de- 
cided that  on  holidays  there  be  held,  in  con- 
nection with  the  racing,  a  horse  show,  with 
the  entry  to  come  from  the  local  residents 
owning  good  horseflesh. 

The  first  season  of  matinee  racing  proved 
fully  as  successful  as  had  been  anticipated, 
the  membership  of  the  club  rapidly  growing, 
as  the  result  of  the  wholesome  rivalry  in  rac- 
ing for  the  ribbons  awarded  to  the  first,  sec- 
ond and  third  horses  in  the  summary  of  each 
event. 


SEASON  OF  1908 


At  the  first  annual  election.  President  Ma- 
comber was  re-elected  for  a  second  term, 
G.  A.  Cowdrey  being  the  vice-president,  H.  A. 
Upton  the  treasurer,  and  A.  H.  Jewett  the 
secretary. 

The  first  annual  banquet  was  held  on  Janu- 
ary 14,  in  Hawthorne  Hall,  Melrose.  Arthur 
H.  Jewett  was  toastmaster.  Among  the  guests 
were  Hon.  Levi  S.  Gould,  county  commission- 
er of  Middlesex  County;  President  Walter  E. 


Newbert  and  Prank  \V.  Hamlin,  of  the  Dor- 
chester Gentlemen's  Driving  Club;  Dr.  W.  H. 
Ximiness,  of  the  Gentlemen's  Driving  Club 
of  Lynn;  A.  W.  Davis,  of  the  Metropohtan 
Driving  Club;  S.  M.  Lawrence,  Lexington, 
and  Frank  E.  Witherell,  of  Woburn.  After- 
dinner  speeches  were  made  by  the  ones  named 
and  by  Thomas  B.  Brady,  Melrose ;  Walter  S. 
Parker,  Reading;  J.  B.  Wilkinson,  Melrose; 
G.  A.  Shackford,  Reading,  and  H.  A.  Upton, 
North  Reading. 

On  June  6,  the  Lynn  Club  visited  the  Read- 
ing track,  and  in  the  interclub  meet  won  10 
of  the  18  races  from  Quannapowitt.  The  fea- 
ture event  was  won  by  Al  Ray.  the  property 
of  Eben  Phillips,  of  Lynn,  though  Directum- 
wood,  the  Ouannapowitt  pacing  champion, 
owned  by  J.  B.  Wilkinson,  made  the  winner 
march  a  heat  in  i  :o5   1-2. 

Fast  time  was  made  on  June  17,  the  trot- 
ting mare  Dehesia,  owned  and  driven  by 
Thomas  Brady,  defeated  the  pacer,  Directum- 
wood,  in  I  :o9  1-2  and  1 107  1-4.  Baron  B., 
the  property  of  W.  H.  Bird,  stepped  fast,  too, 
his  heats  being  paced  in  i  :o8  and  i  :o8  1-4. 
Another  feature  was  the  open  air  horse  show. 

The  Ouannapowitts  visited  the  Lynns  at 
Rockdale  Park  on  July  13,  and  the  result  was 
a  victory  for  the  Lynn  Club,  they  winning  11 
out  of  the  16  events  on  the  card. 

It  was  decided  by  the  officials  of  the  club 
that  the  second  annual  banquet  be  held  in  De- 
cember, in  place  of  waiting  a  month  later. 
This  came  off  at  the  Quincy  House,  Boston, 
on  December  16,  and  Arthur  H.  Jewett  was 
toastmaster.  The  after-dinner  speakers  from 
visiting  clubs  were  President  Walter  E.  New- 
bert, of  the  Dorchester  Gentlemen's  Driving 
Club;  President  F.  J.  Babbett,  of  the  Gentle- 
men's Driving  Club  of  Lynn,  and  President 
James  I.  Brooks,  of  the  Fellsway  Driving 
Club.  Following  the  entertainment  and  after- 
dinner  speeches,  the  awards  of  the  cups  for 
the  season  just  closed  were  made,  the  winners 
being : 

PRIZE  WINNERS 

Cup  for  fastest  time  trotter  in  ten  races — E.  Gerry 
Emmons'   Belle    Stirling. 

Cup  for  fastest  time  pacer  in  eiglit  races — W.  H. 
Bird's  Baron  B. 

Cup   for  most  races — B.  A.  Russell's  Kellerton. 

Cup  for  hardest  luck — Henry  Mellon's    Strong  Hal. 

Cup  for  most  ribbons  in  ladies'  driving  class — Miss 
Myrtle  Wells'   Woodland. 

Cup  for  most  ribbons  in  men's  driving  class — Wil- 
liam P.  Pierce's  Black  Beauty. 


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SEASON  OF  1909 


The  result  of  the  second  annual  election 
was  as  follows :  George  A.  Shackford,  presi- 
dent; G.  A.  Cowdrey,  vice-president;  H.  A. 
Brackett,  treasurer;  A.  H.  Jewett,  secretary. 

A  peculiar  happening  was  President  Shack- 
ford taking  a  residence  out  of  the  State  ni 
about  two  weeks  after  his  election.  G.  A. 
Cowdrey,  the  vice-president,  was  thus  called 
upon  to  fill  the  executive  chair  for  the  year. 

During  the  year  many  improvements  were 
made  in  the  grounds  and  stands  at  the  Read- 
ing-Wakefield track,  while  the  club  finished 
the  season  with  a  neat  balance  on  the  right 
side  of  the  ledger. 

The  club  took  part  in  the  big  interclub 
meets  with  Dorchester,  Fellsway  and  Lynn,  a 
complete  account  of  which  is  related  else- 
where in  this  book. 

The  principal  racing  event  for  the  members 
alone  was  two  handicaps  held  on  October  23. 
The  one  for  trotters  was  won  by  Levi  Herr, 
owned  by  D.  Morin,  while  the  pacing  handicap 
went  to  Nellie  S.,  driven  out  by  Belle  Parks, 
Vice-President  Cowdrey's  little  mare. 


SEASON  OF  1910 


The  third  annual  meeting  and  election  of 
the  club  was  held  on  January  11,  when  the 
following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensu- 
ing year :  President,  George  A.  Cowdrey ; 
vice-president,  W.  H.  Nichols;  treasurer, 
H.  A.  Brackett ;  secretary,  W.  P.  Pierce ; 
clerk,  A.  H.  Jewett ;  directors,  G.  A.  Cowdrey, 
W.  H.  Nichols,  W.  P.  Pierce,  H.  A.  Brackett, 
C.  D.  Wells,  F.  Churchill,  C.  J.  Bolton  and 
W.  C.  Barrows. 

After  the  business  of  the  evening  was  de- 
cided, a  collation  was  served  in  the  banquet 
hall.  This  was  followed  by  speeches,  amusing 
stories,  and  vocal  and  instrumental  music. 
President  Cowdrey  gave  a  talk  on  "Hopples 
and  Exhibitions  Against  Time."  The  straps 
were  "cussed"  and  the  exhibition  miles  freely 
discussed. 

The  annual  meeting  filled  the  place  of  the 
banquet,  and  it  was  decided  to  have  a  colla- 
tion, with  some  entertainment,  at  monthly 
meetings,  to  be  held  up  to  the  opening  of  the 
racing  season. 

In  the  Winter  the  club  laid  out  a  three- 
eighths  of  a  mile  course  on  Lake  Quanna- 
powitt,  Wakefield,  over  which  was  enjoyed 
ice  racing  for  a  couple  of  weeks.  On  race 
days  was  served  hot  coffee,  with  the  prover- 
bial doughnut. 

Early  in  the  season,  President  Cowdrey 
purchased  the  trotting  gelding,  Crown  Prince, 


2:17  1-4,  and,  in  the  matinee  of  June  22,  he 
defeated  three  of  the  fastest  pacers  owned 
in  the  club,  and  reduced  the  trotting  record 
of  the  track  to  i  :o6  1-2,  which,  in  1914,  still 
remained  the  mark  to  shoot  at. 

Another    record-breaking    performance    oc- 
curred  In   the   matinee   of   July  4,   when   the 


GEORGE  A.  COWDREY 

Acting  President  1909 

President  1910 

pacer.  Ginger  B.,  2:181-4,  the  property  of 
William  Pierce,  lowered  the  pacing  record  of 
the  course  to  i  :o5,  and  it  still  stood  as  the 
best  in  1914. 

The  club  took  part  in  the  big  interclub 
meets  with  the  Metropolitan,  Fellsway,  Lynn 
and  Dorchester,  that  were  decided  at  Combi- 
nation Park,  the  complete  account  of  which  is 
related  elsewhere  in  this  book. 


SEASON  OF  1911 


The  fourth  annual  meeting  and  election  re- 
sulted as  follows:  President,  M.  F.  Clarke; 
vice-president,  H.  A.  Brackett;  treasurer, 
William  B.  Pierce ;  secretary,  A.  H.  Jewett. 

On  July  16,  the  Lynn  Club  visited  the 
Ouannapowitt  at  the  Reading- Wakefield  track, 
and  won  the  interclub  meet  by  49  points  to 
17,  capturing  nine  out  of  the  ten  races. 

In  the  return  meet  between  the  two  clubs, 
on  the  following  Saturday  at  Rockdale  Park, 
the  Lynn  horses  were  again  victorious,  the 
standing  being:  Lynn,  36;  Quannapowitt,  31 
points. 


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SEASON  OF  1912 


The  annual  meeting  and  election  resulted 
as  follows :  President,  M.  F.  Clarke ;  vice- 
president,  J.  B.  Wilkinson;  treasurer,  A.  H. 
Jewett;  secretary,  H.  W.  Weymouth;  clerk, 
W.  P.  Peirce;  directors,  M.  F.  Clarke,  J.  B. 
Wilkinson,  H.  W.  Weymouth,  A.  H.  Jewett, 
H.  P.  Hubbard,  Fred  Churchill,  W.  F.  Gib- 
bons, George  A.  Cowdrey  and  A.  W.  Simpson. 

The  first  business  attended  to  by  the  new 
administration  was  having  the  club  incorpo- 
rated and  chartered  by  the  State. 

A  new  addition  to  the  club's  pacers  for  the 
matinees  was  the  purchase  of  the  gelding, 
Boraldo,  2.21  1-2.  by  J.  B.  Wilkinson. 

There  was  racing  on  the  ice  on  Lake  Ouan- 
napowitt,  and  during  the  Summer  months  the 
weekly  matinees  over  the  Reading- Wakefield 
track,  which  were  up  to  the  standard  of  pre- 
vious years. 


SEASON  OF  1913 


The  annual  meeting  and  election  resulted  as 
follows :  President,  Herbert  A.  Brackett ; 
vice-president,     W.     H.     Nichols;     treasurer. 


HERBERT  A.  BRACKETT 
President  1913 

M.  F.  Clarke;  secretary,  W.  H.  Weymouth; 
clerk,  W.  F.  Gibbons ;  directors,  H.  A.  Brack- 
ett, W.  H.  Nichols,  W.  H.  Weymouth,  M.  F. 
Clarke,  C.  D.  Wells,  A.  H.  Simpson,  G.  A. 
Cowdrey  and  C.  J.  Bolton. 

The  club  held  an  interclub  meet  with  the 
Fellsway  at  Combination  Park,  on  July  8,  and 


carried  ofi:'  the  honors  by  the  close  score  of 
49  points  to  47  points.  Quannapowitt  won 
five  of  the  nine  races  scheduled,  came  second 
four  times  and  third  in  four  of  the  events. 

On  July  22,  the  Fellsway  made  the  return 
interclub  meet  by  visiting  the  Reading. Wake- 
field track,  and  again  met  with  defeat,  the 
points  being,  Quannapowitt,  64;  Fellsway,  45. 
The  local  club  won  all  of  the  races  with  the 
exception  of  two. 

Once  more  were  the  Quannapowitt  horses 
on  the  winning  end,  as  over  the  Rockdale 
Park  track  they  defeated  Lynn,  on  August  10, 
by  49  points  to  45  points. 

It  was  decided  by  the  club  and  several  of 
its  members  that  it  would  prove  beneficial  were 
prizes  ofifered  for  the  season's  matinees  and, 
as  the  result,  the  club  donated  a  $10  gold  piece ; 
President  Brackett,  a  prize  cup;  M.  F.  Clarke, 
a  prize  cup ;  and  Dr.  C.  H.  Playdon,  a  $5  gold 
piece.  At  the  close  of  the  season's  matinees, 
it  was  found  the  winners  were  as  follows : 


PRIZE    WINNER.S 
Trotters 

Club    prize, 

points — H 

points. 
President's   prize   cup   for   winning   most   races 

C.   D.   Wells'   Border  W.— 7   races. 


$10,    for    horse    winning    the    most 
P.    Hubbard's    Mary     Robbins — 50 


Pacers 

Cup  for  horse  starting  in  greatest  number  of 
races  and  winning  the  most  points — H.  W. 
Weymouth's   Helen   L. — 13  races,  48  points. 

Dr.  Playdon  prize,  $5  (consolation),  for  start- 
ing in  most  races  and  winning  fewest  points — 
N.  M.  Guiilow's   Banty — 11   races,  32  points. 


SEASON  OF  1914 


The  annual  meeting  and  election  of  the  club 
resulted  as  follows :  President,  Dr.  C.  H. 
Playdon ;  vice-president,  W.  F.  Gibbons ;  treas- 
urer, M.  F.  Clarke ;  secretary,  H.  W.  Wey- 
mouth ;  clerk.  Jason  Zurikes ;  directors.  Dr. 
Playdon,  W.  F.  Gibbons,  H.  W.  Weymouth, 
M.  F.  Clarke,  A.  Simpson,  H.  P.  Hubbard, 
Fred  Churchill,  W.  H.  Nichols  and  N.  M. 
Gaillow ;  racing  committee,  M.  F.  Clarke, 
chairman,  G.  F.  McDonald,  H.  W.  Wey- 
mouth. 

The  club  held  four  interclub  meets,  two 
each  with  Lynn  and  with  Fellsway.  On  Au- 
gust I,  the  members,  entertained  the  Lynn 
Club  at  the  Reading- Wakefield  track,  and  de- 
feated them  by  62  points  to  38  points.  The 
following  Saturday  they  visited  Rockdale 
Park,  and,  for  the  first  time  in  two  years, 
they  were  beaten  by  Lynn,  the  standing  be- 
ing, Lynn,  52  points;  Quannapowitt,  43  points. 


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There  was  one  race  alone  on  the  card  that 
was  well  worth  going  a  long  way  to.  see,  the 
fast  trotting  class,  between  Dehesia,  Awning 


DR.  C.  H.  PLAYDON 
President  1914 

Boy,  Crash  and  Mary  Robbins.  Crash,  driven 
by  his  owner,  Mr.  Tassinari,  was  given  the  in- 
itial heat  over  the  Ouannapowitt  entry,  Dehe- 
sia,   though    the   gelding   paced   a   lot    of    the 


way.  The  time  was  I  :io  1-2.  The  pacing  of 
Crash  and  decision  of  the  judges  started  the 
iun.  The  second  heat  was  given  to  Dehesia 
in  1:1 1  1-2,  though  Awning  Boy  finished 
ahead,  but  he  was  placed  last,  as  Charles  Mc- 
Govern,  his  owner  and  driver,  had  cut  in  too 
soon  in  taking  the  pole  in  the  first  turn.  Then, 
amid  great  cheering,  the  Lynn  trotter,  Awn- 
ing Boy,  annexed  the  third  heat  by  a  neck 
from  Dehesia.  It  was  now  do  or  die  for 
Quannapowitt,  and  Edward  Brady,  to  better 
the  conditions,  as  he  thought,  turned  Dehesia 
over  to  his  son,  Paul,  to  team  the  fourth  heat, 
ft  proved  a  good  move,  as  the  game  little  mare 
won  in  the  fastest  time  of  the  race,  i  :io. 

On  August  15,  the  Ouannapowitts  went  to 
Combination  Park  and  tackled  the  Fellsways, 
winning  by  the  narrow  margin  of  36  points  to 
34  points.  Some  of  the  members  of  the  Fells- 
way  complained  that  one  of  their  members,  a 
Mr.  Wood,  withdrew  Billy  F.  in  Class  F,  after 
having  finished  second  in  the  opening  heat,  as, 
had  he  only  come  last  the  second  trip,  the  two 
points  would  have  tied  Quannapowitt,  while 
a  second  position  would  have  beaten  them  a 
point 

The  return  interclub  meet  between  the  two 
clubs  was  held  at  Reading,  on  August  22,  and 
the  Fellsway  horses  were  badly  outclassed,  the 
defeat  being  the  worst  one  ever  recorded  in 
interclub  racing  in  the  history  of  Greater  Bos- 
ton, the  final  standing  being,  Ouannapowitt, 
50  points ;  Fellsway,  9  points. 


TOM  SMELZEY,  2:18  1-2 

When  29  Years  Old  He  Won  Many  Races  Over  Reading  Track,  and  Made  Friends  by  His 

Gameness.     Owned  and  Driven  by  Henry  W.  Weymouth,  Secretary  1912-13-14 


DEHESIA,  2:23  1-4 

By  Bingen,  2:06  1-4,  Dam  Zembia,  2:11  1-4  (a  great  pole  mare).     Dehesia  Began  Racing 

in  Matinees  of  Quannapowitt  Club  in  1907,  and  Was  a  Blue  Ribbon  Winner 

in  Season  of  1914,  tlie  Only  Horse  in  Matinees  Since  Opening  of  Club. 

A  Big  Winner  of  Cups  and  Blue  Ribbons,  and  a  Favorite  witii 

All.     Owned  and  Driven  by  Edward  Brady,  Melrose,  Mass. 


BORDER  W. 
One  of  the  Prominent  Trotters  of  the  Quannapowitt  Club.     Winner  of  President's  Cup 
in  1913.     Owned  and  Driven  by  Charles  D.  Wells 


Sired  by  Seumanee. 


HECTOR  K.,  2:29  1-4 
Besides  Having  Speed,  is  the  True  Type  of  a  Gentleman's  Driver. 
Owned  and  Driven  by  W.  H.  Nichols 


BESSIE  WILKES 

Always  a  Contender  in  Her  Races  Against  the  Best  in  the  Quannapowitt   Club. 

Owned  and  Driven  by  Fred  Churchill 


The  Gentlemen's  Drivin; 
Club  of  Lynn 

1904  1914 


Rockdale  Park,  Peabody 


A  LYNN  HORSE  WINNING 


AFTER  A  HEAT 


The  Gentlemen's  Driving  Club 

of  Lynn 


THE  Gentlemen's  Driving  Club 
of  Lynn  was  conceived  by  a 
few  members  of  a  local  social 
club,  which  held  informal  meet- 
ings in  the  stable  of  Alden 
Southworth  (Tilton  Hall).  This  small  club-- 
room  was  known  by  the  name  of  The  Mis- 
sion, and  during  one  of  its  services  in  the 
Winter  of  1904,  some  one  of  the  horse  en- 
thusiasts suggested  that  the  City  of  Lynn 
ought  to  have  a  driving  club.  Alden  South- 
worth,  a  well  known  contractor  and  amateur 
horse  trainer,  was  the  prime  mover  in  organ- 
izing the  horsemen,  and  was  ably  seconded 
by  Frank  H.  Thompson,  who,  in  later 
years  was  destined  to  fill  many  important 
positions  in  the  Lynn  Club,  such  as  clerk 
and  official  starter. 

These  two  zealous  workers  were  fortified 
by  the  able  assistance  of  D.  Fortin,  S.  Walter 
Simonds,  and  Walter  B.  Moore,  in  the 
carrying  out  of  their  ideas,  and,  it  was  under 
Mr.  Moore's  suggestion  that  the  club  closely 
followed,  in  incorporation  and  subsequent 
methods  of  transaction  of  business,  the  Dor- 
chester Gentlemen's  Driving  Club.  In  fact, 
the  Lynn  organization  have  looked  upon  the 
Dorchester  Club  as  a  child  would  look  upon 
its  parents,  and  the  most  kindly  feelings  have 
always  existed  between  the  members  of  both 
clubs. 

The  small  beginning  developed  a  few 
months  later  into  a  permanent  organization, 
including  the  names  of  the  most  prominent 
citizens   of   Lynn   and   surrounding  towns. 

The  object  in  the  formation  of  the  club 
was :  primarih^,  to  stimulate  an  interest  in 
horse  matters :  and,  secondly,  to  secure  a 
speedway  for  the  City  of  Lynn,  which  was 
subsequently  accomplished,  the  State  appro- 
priating the  necessary  money  and  the  club 
donating  out  of  its  treasury  liberally  for  the 
campaign. 

The  Lynn  horsemen  used  the  speedway 
for  about  three  years,  and  then,  owing  to 
the  condition  of  the  land  with  its  constant 
settlement  and  depressions,  it  was  deemed 
unsatisfactory  and  the  club  turned  to  racing 
at  Rockdale  Park,  Peabody,  the  speedway 
being  in  use  only  a  few  Winters  and  then 
entirely  abandoned. 

The  first  meeting  of  the  club  was  held 
on  June  26,    1904,  when  William   La   Croix 


was  elected  president;  Walter  B.  Moore 
first  vice-president;  S.  Walter  Simonds,  sec- 
ond vice-president;  Clifton  Colburn,  treas- 
urer; Herbert  L.  Sawyer,  secretary;  Samuel 
G.   Brown,  clerk. 

The   first    regular    racing    matinee   of   the 
club   took  place  on  October  7,   1904,  at  the 


WILLIAM  La  CROIX 
President  1904-05-06 

Saugus  track,  and  all  the  events  were  de- 
cided to  wagon.  There  was  a  notable  gath- 
ering of  horsemen  at  the  meet,  many  coming 
from  Danvers,  Hamilton  and  other  places 
from   a  distance. 


SEASON  OF  1905 


At  the  annual  election  President  La  Croix  , 
was  again  unanimously  chosen  to  fill  the  : 
highest  chair  of  the  club,  with  W.  B.  Moore  i 
as  first  vice-president;  S.  W.  Simonds,  sec-  | 
ond  vice-president ;  Clifton  Colburn  treas-  i 
urer ;  E.  E.  Bray,  secretary,  and  S.  G.  Brown 
as  clerk. 

The  first  annual  banquet  was  held  in  Feb- 
ruary, and  particular  attention  was  paid  in 
having  present  the  officers  and  leading  mem- 
bers of  other  driving  clubs  in  Greater,  Bos- 
ton.    President    F.   J.    Brand     and   Director 


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J.  W.  Linnehan,  of  the  Dorchester  Driving 
Club.  Walter  B.  Farmer  and  John  Shep- 
ard  of  the  Gentlemen's  Driving  Club  of 
Boston  brought  the  greetings  of  their  clubs 
and  a  most  pleasant  evening  was  spent  in 
talking  over  matters  of  interest  to  the  light 
harness  horsemen   present. 

A  special  meeting  was  called  in  April  to 
find  the  sentiment  of  the  members  in  the 
leasing  of  Rockdale  Park,  Peabody,  for  the 
season,  but  the  members  voted  to  reject  the 
proposition,  although  the  club  raced  over 
Rockdale  on  Labor  Da}-,  hiring  the  track 
for  that  day  only. 

On  October  21,  the  club  had  its  first  inter- 
city meet,  tackling  the  Dorchester  Club  over 
the  latter's  track. 


SEASON  OF  1906 


President  William  La  Croix  was  elected 
his  third  term  for  president  at  the  annual 
meeting  held  in  January,  the  other  officers 
being  as  follows :  First  vice-president,  W. 
B.  Moore;  second  vice-president,  S.  W.  Si- 
monds ;  treasurer,  Clifton  Colburn  ;  secretary, 
E.  E.  Bray;  clerk,  S.  G.  Brown,  this  being 
the  same  retinue  of  officials  as  the  previous 
year. 

The  club  had  now  grown  to  an  organiza- 
tion of  upward  of  150,  with  every  member's 
dues  paid  for  the  year,  a  very  creditable 
showing  under  the  secretaryship  of  Elmer  E. 
Bray. 

The  annual  banquet  of  the  club  was  held 


Dorchester  Club  Members  at  Lynn's  First  Interclub  Meet  at  Rockdale  Park 


Back  Row,  reading  from  left  to  right:— G.  A.  French,  A.  S.  Gushee,  F.  J.   Brand,  E.  G.  Richardson,  Dr. 
Babbitt,  Lynn;  J.  Mosser,  P.  J.  Fitzgerald,  J.  E.  Swendeman,  J.  H.  Jewett 

Front  Row:— E.  E.  Bray,  Lynn;  R.  S.  Fitch,  J.  M.  Carey,  S.  G.  Brown,  Lynn;  G.  H.  Greenwood,  G.  W. 
D'Arcy,  S.  W.  Wales,  F.  H.  Thompson,  Lynn.     Sitting:— J.  W.  Linnehan,  C.  C.  Blaney 


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99 


ill  Fel)ruary,  and,  like  the  previous  one,  was 
a  great  success.  A  party  of  twenty  from  the 
Dorchester  Ckib  was  present.  All  of  the 
after-dinner  speakers  were  strong  in  voicing 
the  opinion  that  the  future  of  the  club  cer- 
tainly was  filled  with  promise.  The  speed- 
way was  about  to  be  constructed  and  other 
matters  were  moving  satisfactorily  to  those 
greatly  interested  in  the  club. 

On  Labor  Day,  Dorchester  visited  the 
Lynn  Club  at  Rockdale  Park,  and  so  wide 
was  the  interest  in  Lynn,  and  the  surround- 
ing country,  that  the  grandstand  was  filled 
to  overflowing,  the  quarter-stretch  had  its 
full  quota  of  spectators,  while  the  railing 
next  the  inner  field  was  lined  with  horses  at- 
tached to  vehicles  that  were  filled  with  people. 


SEASON  OF  1907 


This  was  a  most  eventful  year  in  the 
career  of  the  club,  matters  of  importance 
following  one  another  in  rapid  succession. 
Of  course,  first  came  the  annual  election. 
Dr.  F.  T-  Babbitt  received  the  election  of 
president,  William  La  Croix  declining  to  fill 
the  chair  again,  saying  he  had  ushered  the 
club  through  its  babyhood  days  and  now, 
while  he  was  willing  to  act  as  adviser,  if 
necessity  required,  still  he  thought  the  hard 
work  of  the  club  should  fall  on  other 
shoulders.  Believing  that  Dr.  Babbitt 
should  have  a  strenuous  co-partner  in  the 
hard  work  that  was  mapped  out  for  the  club 
that  year,  the  selection  of  Sam  Brown  was 
made  for  first  vice-president,  while  Elmer 
E.  Bray  was  elected  second  vice-president ; 
Clifton  Colburn,  cashier  of  the  Manufac- 
turer's Bank  of  Lynn,  was  re-elected  to  the 
office  of  treasurer;  and  Dr.  W.  H.  Ximiness 
secretary. 

The  third  annual  banquet  was  held  on 
February  14,  and  this  was  indeed  a  gala 
occasion.  Members  of  the  Dorchester, 
Fellsway  and  Boston  clubs  were  out  in  force. 
The  speedway  was  rapidly  nearing  comple- 
tion, the  driving  club  having  for  three  years 
put  in  its  entire  energy  in  securing  it. 
There  was  a  hearty  endorsement,  too,  in  hav- 
ing the   club  buy  Rockdale  Park. 

On  October  22,  the  purchase  of  Rockdale 
Park  was  completed  and  came  into  the 
possession  of  the  club.  The  jsurchase  of 
this  property  was  made  possible  through  the 
personal  efforts  and  influence  of  the  late 
president,  William  La  Croix,  who  was  ably 
assisted  by  Clifton  Colburn.  Mr.  Colburn 
had  not  only  worked  hard  in  getting  the 
track,     but     it     was     through     his     efforts 


that  the  club  secured  a  nice  suite  of  rooms 
in  Union  Square,  which  were  made  the 
headquarters,  or  clubhouse,  for  the  members. 
In  accomplishing  this  Mr.  Colburn  brought 
to  bear  a  great  influence  on  the  owners  of  the 
property  in  order  to  obtain  the  lease. 

After  purchasing  Rockdale  Park,  the  club 
laid  out  $T,ooo  on  the  property  in  loaming 


DR.  F.  J.  BABBITT 
President  1907-1911  (inclusive) 

the  track,  ploughing  up  the  infield,  and 
erecting  new  stables.  It  was  considered  by 
the  members  an  ideal  outing  spot  for  the 
Summer  and  that,  nearer  home,  was  the 
speedway  which  could  be  utilized  during 
the  sleighing  season. 

With"  Rockdale  Park,  a  speedway,  and  a 
comfortable  clubhouse,  the  affairs  of  the 
organization  were  now  all  that  could  be 
desired.  At  frequent  occasions  it  was 
deemed  a  good  proposition  to  entertain  the 
other  driving  clubs  of  Greater  Boston  with 
interclub  meets,  and  in  this  way,  not  only 
giving  good  wholesome  amusement  to  the 
members  of  the  driving  clubs,  but  also  to  the 
citizens   of   L)mn  and   surrounding  districts. 

On  June  17  was  held  an  interclub  meet 
with  the  Dorchester  Club  on  the  Dorchester 
speedway,  the  return  meeting  with  that  club 
being  held  at  Combination  Park  on  July  4. 

For  the  first  time  the  club  offered  silver 
cups  for  the  winners  of  the  season's  racing, 
and  when  the  committee  had  gone  through 
the  records  it  was  found  the  following  were 
the  winners : 


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The  Driving  Clubs  of  Greater  Boston 


Trotters 
Championship   time   cup — W.    La   Croix's   The    Sail- 

orman — i  :o8   1-4. 
Point  cup — W.  La  Croix's  Sally  March. 

Pacers 
Championship  time  cup — T.  W.  Fogg's  Lady  Laurin, 

I  :03. 
Point  cup — J.  G.  Fadden's  Sunderland  King. 


SEASON  OF  1908 


At  the  annual  election  Dr.  F.  J.  Babljitt 
was  re-elected  president ;  first  vice-president, 
E.  E.  Bray;  second  vice-president,  Eben  B. 
Phillips ;  treasurer,  Clifton  Colburn ;  secre- 
tary, Charles  Chamberlain ;  clerk,  S.  G. 
Brown. 

The  customary  banquet  was  held  in  Feb- 
ruary, the  political  fathers  of  the  City  of 
Lynn  being  present,  as  were  prominent  offi- 
cials from  other  driving  clubs.  A  real  old- 
fashioned  jollification  took  place,  the  club 
being  in  a  most  flourishing  condition  and 
everything  apparently  insuring  the  year  to 
come  to  be  one  of  prosperity. 

There  was  much  racing  on  the  Rockdale 
track  during  the  season,  members  of  the 
club  coming  forward  with  large  donations 
for  the  prizes  to  be  contested  for,  the  list 
likely  to  be  one  of  the  very  largest  that  had 
been  awarded  by  any  of  the  Greater  Boston 
clubs.  The  following  is  the  list  of  prize 
winners : 

Trotters 
Championship   time   cup — Frank  J.   Linnehan's  Rose 

Mack,  I  -.oj  3-4. 
Championship  heat  cup — Levi  Lord's  General. 
L.  H.  Phillips  cup — F.  J.  Linnehan's  Rose  Mack. 
Lynn  Daily  Item  cup  for  most  heats  in   1:113-4  or 

better — George  Cokeley's  Forrest  W. 

E.  B.  Phillips  cup — Levi  Lord's  General. 

W.  F.  Newhall  cup — William  La  Croix's  King  Bin- 
gen. 

Cochato  prize  (service  fee  of  stallion) — Levi  Lord's 
General. 

Arfrida  prize  (service  fee  of  stallion) — James  G. 
Croscup's  Red  Oak. 

Pacers 

Championship  time  cup — T.  W.  Fogg's  Lady  Lau- 
rin, I  :os. 

Championship  heat  cup — William  La  Croix's  Rose 
Direct. 

F.  J.  Linnehan  cup — T.  W.  Fogg's  Lady  Laurin. 
Lynn  Theatre  cup — E.  B.  Phillips'  Al  Ray. 

Race    Committee    cup — J.   G.    Fadden's   Sunderland 

King. 
Torrence-Vary  prize   (one  ton  of  hay) — William  La 

Croix's    Rose   Direct. 

Other  Prize  Winners 
W.  F.  Smith's  prize   (suit  of  horse  clothing) — John 

A.  Wood's  Fanny  B. 
E.  E.   Bray's  prize    (suit   of  horse   clothing) — E.   B. 

Phillips'  Al  Ray. 
W.  H.  Hutchinson's  prize   (stable  outfit) — E.  Gerry 

Emmons'  Regent. 


J.  G.  Fadden's  prize   (stable  outfit) — A.  A.  Pitman's 

Lady   Nance. 
S.    H.    Dane's    prize     (whip) — Charles    G.    Wilson's 

Walter  M. 
H.    H.    Fullam's    prize     (two-stall    awning) — M.    J. 

Healey's  Dare  Devil,  Jr. 
House  Committee  prize   (stop  watch) — W.  C.  Whit- 

tredge's  O.  S.  W. 
Robinson-Brockway  prize    (street   blanket) — George 

S.  Manson's  Gipsey  Girl. 
Ranno  Saddlery  Co.  prize  (harness) — L.  H.  Phillips' 

Mink  McGregor 
Z.   S.   Richard's   prize    ($15   of   shoeing) — Joseph   G. 

Fadden's  Sunderland  King. 
Richard  McGlue  prize   ($15  of  shoeing) — George   S. 

Manson's  Prince. 
T.  &  B.  prize   (chair) — J.  F.  Ingraham's  Pertrina. 
M.    Plumslead   prize    (carriage    robe) — Charles    Ma- 
son's Helen  R. 
M.  J.  Healey  prize   (box  of  oranges),  driver  having 

hardest  luck — Mertie  L.  Paige. 
Besse-Rolfe  prize  (dress  suit  case),  driver  appearing 

in   the  most  attractive  and   appropriate   uniform — 

Frank  H.  Thompson. 
H.  J.  Pearce  prize   (meerschaum  pipe) — William  La 

Croix's  Sally  March. 


SEASON  OF  1909 


Again  was  Dr.  Babbitt  re-elected  to  fill 
the  oflice  of  president  at  the  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  club.  The  first  vice-president 
was  E.  E.  Bray ;  second  vice-president,  E.  B. 
Phillips ;  treasurer,  Clifton  (Tolburn ;  secre- 
tary. Charles  Chamberlain ;  clerk,  S.  G. 
Brown. 

During  the  year  there  were  held  the  usual 
banquet  and  weekly  matinees  over  Rock- 
dale Park,  but,  in  general,  the  club  contin- 
ued on  the  even  tenor  of  its  way,  there  being 
verv  little  of  an  unusual  character  to  men- 
tion, except  the  big  interclub  meets  between 
Lynn,  Dorchester,  Fellsway  and  Quannapow- 
itt.  In  this  series  of  matinees  the  Lynn 
horses  did  excellent  work,  though  they  fin- 
ished third  in  the  list,  getting  127  points  for 
the  series,  while  in  the  second  meeting  of 
the  series  they  secured  more  points  than 
any  of  the  other  clubs. 

At  the  close  of  the  matinee  season,  the  race 
committee,  Eben  B.  Phillips,  chairman,  an- 
nounced the  following  prize  winners : 

Trotters 
Time  cup — Won  by  Eben  B.  Phillips'  Croesus. 
Point  cup — Won  by  Levi  Lord's  General. 

Pacers 
Time  cup — Won  by  True  W.  Fogg's  Lady  Laurin. 
Point  cup — Won  by  A.  Hunson's  Miss  Manager. 


SEASON  OF  1910 


Dr.  Babbitt  was  once  more  chosen  to  per- 
form the  duties  of  president  of  the  club  and 
was  tmanimously  elected  at  the  annual  meet- 
ing, E.   E.   Bray  filling  the  posifion  of  first 


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vice-president;  E.  II.  Thillips,  second  vice- 
president  ;  Charles  Chamberlain,  secretary 
and  treasurer,  and  the  ever  reliable  Sam  G. 
Brown  as  clerk. 

This  season  was  held  the  big  interclub 
meets  between  the  Metropolitan,  Fellsway, 
Dorchester,  Ouannapowitt,  and  Lynn,  all  of 
the  events  being  decided  at  Combination 
Park.  In  this  series  of  matinees  the  Lynn 
Club  finished  third,  only  fifteen  points  back 
of  the  Metropolitans,  and  five  points  in  the 
rear  of  the  Fellsway  Club,  which  finished 
.second. 

Even  with  all  the  local  racing  at  Rock- 
dale Park,  interclub  meets,  the  Winter 
banquet  and  other  diversions,  C.  J.  McGov- 
ern,  one  of  the  enthusiastic  members  of  the 
club,  concluded  to  try  an  outside  diversion 
by  entering  his  horse.  Awning  Boy,  in  a 
three-quarter  mile  handicap  race  at  Com- 
bination Park,  Medford.  Then  he  was 
very  happily  pleased  with  winning  the  race, 
and  the  time  was  announced  as  1 148.  Soon 
after,  however,  he  discovered  that  under  the 
National  Trotting  Association  rules,  any 
horse  winning  a  heat  at  a  distance  greater 
than  a  half-mile  and  under  a  mile  secured 
a  record  or  bar.  This  caused  Mr.  McGov- 
ern  considerable  worriment,  as  he  had 
counted  on  starting  Awning  Boy  in  a  few 
professional  races,  and  had  supposed  that 
he  was  eligible  to  the  slow  classes.  Finally 
Mr.  AlcGovern  carried  his  case  before  the 
board  of  appeals  of  the  N.  T.  A.,  in  New 
York,  and  they  declared  that  inasmuch  as 
Awning  P'oy  had  earned  a  record  of  i  148  it 
would  have  to  stand,  making  the  gelding 
eligible  only  for  the  free-for-alls.  Nat- 
urally, this  ruling  put  Mr.  McGovern  out  of 
winning  an}'  of  the  rich  stakes,  like  the  M. 
&   M.,  the   Massachusetts,   etc. 

The  prize  winners  for  the  year  of  1910 
follow : 

Trotters 
Championship  time  cup — E.  B.  Phillips'  Croesus. 
Point  cup — Levi  Lord's  General. 

Pacers 
Championship  time  cup — T.  W.  Fogg's  Lady  Laurin. 
Point  cup — A.  Hanson's  Miss  Manager. 


SEASON  OF  1911 


Dr.  Babbitt  still  continued  to  receive  the 
most  votes  for  president  of  the  driving  club, 
as,  at  the  annual  meeting  in  January,  he 
was  elected  to  sit  in  the  big  chair  for  another 
term,  making  it  his  fifth  consecutive  year  in 
the  office.  Other  officers  were :  First  vice- 
president,  E.  E.  Bray;  second  vice-president, 


E.  B.  Phillips ;  secretary  and  treasurer, 
Charles  Chamberlain;  clerk,  S.  G.  Brown. 

The  club  decided  early  in  the  season  not 
to  participate  in  any  more  interclub  meets, 
or  rather  a  big  interclub  meet  like  the  pre- 
vious year  with  the  events  to  be  decided  at 
Combination  Park.  If  similar  to  the  sea- 
son of  1909,  when  the  several  clubs  met  at 
each  of  the  tracks  in  rotation,  thus  having 
one  of  the  series  at  Rockdale  Park,  the 
Lynn  Club  would  act  differently  in  being  a 
pary  to  interclub  racing. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  club's  Summer 
of  matinee  racing  at  Rockdale,  the  following 
were  awarded  the  cups  for  the  year: 

Trotters 
Championship     time     cup — F.     J.     Linnehan's    Rose 

Mack,  I  :07  3-4,  i  :07,  i  -.07. 
Point  cup — C.  J.  McGovern's  Awning  Boy. 

Pacers 
Championship    time    cup — E,    B.    Phillips'    Reliance, 

I  :04  3-4,   I  :04  1-4. 
Point  cup — A.  Hanson's  Dewey  Dumas. 


SEASON  OF  1912 

Th.ere  was  a  change  in  the  list  of  officials 
at  the  annual  election.  Dr.  Babbitt  refusing 
anv   further  honors   in  that  line.     While  he 


ELMER  E.  BRAY 
President  1912 

said  he  wanted  to  be  a  good  fellow  and 
v/ould  always  have  his  heart's  interest  in 
the  welfare  of  the  club,  yet  he  thought  that 
five  years  in  harness  gave  him  the  privilege 
of  sitting  on  the  side  lines  for  a  while  and 
watch  how  somebodv  else  could  do  it. 


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His  successor  was  Elmer  E.  Bra}-,  who 
had  been  Dr.  Babbitt's  right  hand  bower  for 
a  number  of  years,  having  in  succession, 
filled  the  offices  of  secretary,  second  vice- 
president,  and  then  first  vice-president.  E. 
B.  Phillips  was  made  first  vice-president, 
Sam  G.  Brown,  second  vice-president,  and 
the  secretary  and  treasurer  was  Charles 
Chamberlain. 

During  this  year  occurred  the  work-horse 
parade,  modeled  after  the  one  held  so  many 
years  with  pronounced  success  in  Boston. 
The  event  was  held  on  June  17.  President 
Bray  was  responsible  for  Lynn  having  this 
parade,  as  it  was  entirely  through  his  per- 
sonal efforts  and  self-sacrifice  that  the  affair 
was  instituted.  President  Bray  even  went 
so  far  as  to  say  that  any  financial  shortage 
he  would  personally  be  responsible  for.  In 
this  connection,  it  may  be  well  to  state  that 
President  Rray  was  the  man  who  secured 
the  major  portion  of  the  subscriptions  for 
the  splendid  drinking  fountain  in  Washing- 
ton Square.  Lynn,  which  was  bought  by,  or 
through  the  Society  of  Prevention  of  Cru- 
elty to  Animals. 

There  was  the  usual  interesting  racing  of 
the  club  at  Rockdale  Park  during  the  Sum- 
mer months,  while  in  the  Winter  the  sport 
to  sleigh  was  done  on  President  Street,  in 
Lynn,  which  was  put  in  shape  by  the  club 
and  policed  by  the  city.  The  cup  awards 
for  the  year  follow  : 

Trotters 
Championship  time  cup — E.   B.  Phillips'  Croesus. 
Point  cup — Levi  Lord's  General. 

Pacers 
Championship      time      cup — Charles      Nason's      Pat 

Haynes. 
Point  cup — Leonard   Phillips'  Lady  Russell. 


SEASON  OF  1913 


Though  loath  to  have  Elmer  E.  Bray  give 
up  the  reins  of  governmentship  he  had  held 
but  a  single  year,  and  also  to  step  aside 
from  active  work  in  the  club's  interest,  yet 
Mr.  Bray  was  firmly  decided  in  the  matter, 
as  he  could  not  see  where  his  valuable 
services  were  now  as  necessary  as  in  the 
}ears  gone  by  when  the  club  had  to  get  out 
of  its  creeping  clothes  and  grow  into  long 
pants. 

With  Mr.  Bray  eliminated,  the  choice  of 
the  club  naturally  fell  on  Eben  B.  Phillips, 
the  well  known  horseman,  who  the  year  be- 
fore had  filled  the  position  of  first  vice-pres- 
ident and  in  no  less  than  four  terms  the 
office  of  second  vice-president.  Sam  G. 
Brown  a  twenty-four-hour-a-day    worker    in 


the  interests  of  the  club  was  elected  side 
partner  to  President  Phillips,  he  being  made 
vice-president.  The  office  of  second  vice- 
president  was  eliminated,  but  for  secretary 
and  treasurer,   J.    AI.   Harriman  was   elected 


EBEN  B.  PHILLIPS 
President  1913 

in  place  of  Charles  Chamberlain  who  had 
lield  the  important  position  of  secretary  for 
five  years.  Sam  Brown  also  received  the  ap- 
pointment of  clerk. 

During  the  season  there  were  several  in- 
terclub  races  held  at  Rockdale  Park,  and 
return  meets  when  the  club's  horses  visited 
the  Reading  track  and  Combination  Park. 
As  the  result  of  the  series  of  matinees  be- 
tween themselves  the  winners  of  the  annual 
club  prizes  were  as  follows : 

Trotters 
Championship  time  cup— F.  L.  Morse's  WiUie  John. 
Point   cup— R.   T.   Rockett's   Estell   Boy. 

Pacers 
Championship  time  cup— H.  T.  Birdsey's  Mardel. 
Point  cup— S.  L.  Marden's  Kitty  Napes. 


SEASON  OF  1914 


At  the  annual  election,  the  club  rewarded 
Samuel  G.  Brown  with  the  presidency,  the 
war  horse  of  the  organization,  who  had'  been 
in  fighting  armor  in  the  interests  of  the  club 
ever  since  its  inception,  being  one  of  the 
few  that  originally  instituted  the  club  from 
the  old  "mission  boys."  A.  J-  Hollinsworth 
was   elected  vice-president,   J-   M.   Harriiuan 


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103 


Vv'as  re-elected  to  the  office  of  secretary  and 
treasurer,  while  A.  B.  Wood  was  appointed 
clerk. 

On  being  notified  of  his  election,  Pres- 
ident Brown  addressed  the  members  in  his 
well  known  inimitable  way,  which  frequently 


SAMUEL  G.  BROWN 
President  1914 

brought  forth  prolonged  applause  from  those 
within  hearing  distance.  The  following  is  a 
portion  of  his  address : 

"Fellow  members  of  the  Gentlemen's 
Driving  Club  of  L}'nn :  For  many  years  I 
have  associated  with  all  of  you  in  a  more 
or  less  detailed  manner  having,  as  you  know, 
been  one  of  the  original  few  that  brought 
this  organization  into  existence.  In  these 
years  T  have  filled  all  of  the  positions  that 
the  club  can  give  its  members,  from  clerk, 
starting  judge,  handicapper  and  general  man- 
of-all-work  until  now  it  is  my  privilege, 
through  the  courtesy  of  my  brothers  present, 
to  fill  the  highest  honor  in  their  power  to 
bestow  upon  me.  It  is  with  becoming-  mod- 
esty that  I  will  state  that  my  ambition  in 
life  has  now  been  fully  achieved  in  having 
the  honored  place  of  president  of  this  grand 
and  good  club,  which  stands  for  good  fel- 
lowship and  the  love  of  that  noble  animal — 
the  horse. 

"Tonight  my  mind  goes  back  to  the  scene 
of  1904.  when  we  were  just  branching  out 
into  a  driving  club  and  held  our  initial  mat- 
inee over  the  old  Saugus  race  track.  Well 
I  remember  how  John  Shepard,  the  dean  of 
Boston  road  drivers,  came    out    to    see    his 


close  friend,  Mr.  C'urrier  of  Lynn,  win  one  of 
llie  events  with  the  well  known  trotter,  El 
Paso. 

"Even  through  the  passing  of  years,  in  my 
mind's  eye  comes  many  of  the  celebrated 
horses  that  have  been  owned  by  the  Lynn 
club,  such  as:  The  Sailorman,  2:14  1-4, 
that  in  the  intercity  meet  at  Combination 
Park  between  five  clubs  defeated  Mack 
Mack,  2:08:  Chase,  2:07  1-4;  Crown  Prince 
and  Carl  C.  trotting  the  second  heat  in 
T  :o3  3-4.  This  fast  gelding  was  the  prop- 
erty of  our  late  lamented  member,  William 
La  Croix,  who  during  his  connection  with 
the  driving  club  did  such  excellent  work  in 
bringing  about  the  prosperity  we  have  since 
been  blessed  with.  His  death  will  always 
be  remembered  by  the  members  of  this 
club  and  true  horsemen  of  Greater  Boston, 
with  the  deepest  of  regret. 

"Then,  my  thoughts  drift  along  to  that 
great  little  pacer.  Reliance,  2:11  1-4,  owned 
by  Eben  B.  Phillips  that,  at  the  same  inter- 
club  matinee  won  his  race  and  made  a  New 
England  record  for  pacers  over  a  half-mile 
track  by  turning  the  course  in  i  :oi  1-2. 
Pat  Haynes  with  a  record  of  2  107,  was  also 
owned  by  a  member  of  the  Lynn  Club.  The 
matinee  trotter,  Croesus,  2  :i9  1-2,  who  for  two 
whole  seasons  was  invincible,  getting  a  mat- 
inee trotting  record  of  i  :o6  over  Combina- 
tion, raced  many  years  for  us.  Lady  Laurin, 
2:13  1-2,  was  one  of  the  Lynn  star  perform- 
ers taking  a  matinee  record  over  Rockdale 
Park  at  i  :o3,  and  also  winning  a  race  at 
Combination  Park,  where  the  average  time 
of  her  heats  was  i  :g3  1-2.  The  name  of 
Rose  Mack  was  also  conspicuous  on  our 
list,  she  being  at  all  times  up  to  the  heat  in 
I  :o6  or  i  -.oy  on  the  trot.  Later,  we  owned 
the  campaigner,  Peter  Sterling,  2:11  1-2,  and 
still  we  cannot  forget  Lady  Nance,  2:18  1-2, 
the  chestnut  mare  owned  by  the  late  Mr. 
Pitman,  which  was  one  of  the  most  reliable 
of  matinee  performers,  nor  Widlar,  2:16  3-4, 
that    Lincoln    Pedrick  raced  so  successfully. 

"The  coming  season  we  expect  to  see  in 
our  own  matinees,  and  those  with  rival 
driving  clubs  in  interclub  meets,  the  fast 
pacing  gelding.  Kid  Downey,  2:16  1-2  and 
T.  E.  P.,  both  of  which  should  race  over  our 
half-mile  track  on  Saturda_v  afternoons  in 
1  :o7  or  i  :o8. 

"I  will  now  assert  that  in  following  the 
example  of  the  Dorchester  Gentlemen's 
Driving  Club,  and,  in  later  years  the  Fells- 
vvray  Club,  that  I  look  back  with  great  pleas- 
ure to  many  social  appointments  which  we 
interchanged  and  earnestly  believe  that  our 
thorough   organization,   with   its   code  of   by- 


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laws  and  racing  rules,  taken  from  the  clubs 
I  mention,  are  accountable  to  a  great  degree, 


J.  MARO  HARRIMAN 
Secretary-Treasurer  1913-14 

if  not  entirely,  to  whatever  success  we  have 
had. 


"In  closing,  I  will  say,  furthermorv.,  while 
we  are  still  racing  horses  and  holding  prom- 
inent interclub  meets,  yet  at  the  same  time, 
we,  nor  hardly  any  of  the  driving  clubs,  have 
exactly  the  same  racing  material,  as  far  as 
calibre,  that  we  had  several  years  ago.  We 
have  lost  through  death  man)^  of  our  en- 
thusiasts and  wealthy  horse  owners,  men 
who  were  financially  able  to  keep  horses  for 
matinee  purposes.  At  the  same  time  we 
have  now  a  membership  role  of  upwards  of 
200  members,  and  we  intend  to  keep  right 
on  racmg  horses  at  the  same  old  Rockdale 
Park." 

There  was  a  successful  season  of  matinee 
racing  at  Rockdale  Park,  and  two  interclub 
meets  were  held  with  the  Ouannapowitt,  the 
club  in  turn  going  to  Reading  track  and  en- 
tertaining their  neighbors  at  home.  The  hon- 
ors were  divided,  as  each  club  secured  the  most 
points  at  their  own  track. 

In  the  season's  matinees  the  following  were 
the  prize  winners : 

Trotters 
Time    Cup — Frank   Morse's   Willie  John. 
Point    Cup — C.    E.    Burns'    Hazel    Delmar. 

Pacers 

Time    Cup — H.   M.   Brewer's   Kid   Downing. 
Point  Cup— Walter   Hackett's   F.   E.   P. 


HENRY  H.  FULLAM 
Charter  Member  of  Lynn  Club  and  Prominent  in  Matinee  Racing 


Big  Interclub  Matinees 

of  Greater  Boston 

Driving  Clubs 


PHOEBON  W.,  2:08  3-4 

Made  World's  Record  of  2:16  1-4  to  Ice  in  Fifth  Heat  of  Winning  Race  over  Half-mile  Track 

at  Ottawa  in  1907,  and  Received  a  Valuable  Silver  Cup. 

Owned  and  Driven  by  W.  J.  Furbush 


PICTURE  HAT 

One  of  the  Handsomest  Trotters  in  Greater  Boston  and  a  Perfect  Driving  Horse. 

Owned  and  Driven  by  Harry  J.  Russell 


Metropolitan  vs.  Concord,  N.  H. 


FIRST  of  the  important  interclub 
races  held  in  Greater  Boston  was 
between  the  MetropoHtan  and 
Concord  (N.  H.)  Driving  Clubs 
at  the  Charles  River  Speedway, 
on  February  12,  1907.  The  invitation  to  the 
New  Hampshire  horsemen  was  given  by  the 
members  of  the  Mets  in  return  for  the  royal 
good  time  the  home  boys  had  had  in  the  inter- 
club meeting  held  in  Concord  on  February 
15.  1905. 

While  the  day  was  the  most  severe  of  the 
entire  Winter,  yet  the  footing  could  not  have 
been  better  than  that  day  at  Charles  River,  and 
the  visitors  and  home  horsemen  had  a  thor- 
oughly enjoyable  occasion.  About  eighty  of 
the  husky  sons  of  the  Granite  State  came  on 
the  first  early  train,  and  later  trains  brouglit 
still  more.  The  cold  weather  did  not  prevent 
a  large  attendance  at  the  speedway,  the  Sol- 
diers Road  being  filled  with  sleighs  of  all  de- 
scriptions, while  the  sidewalks  were  lined  with 
spectators,  all  muffled  to  their  eyes  to  keep 
out  the  strong  wind. 

While  there  were  twelve  races  scheduled, 
yet  the  Concord  members  not  having  entries 
in  Classes  E  and  F,  it  was  decided  by  the 
committee,  comprised  of  members  from  the 
two  clubs,  that  in  settling  the  afternoon's  dis- 
pute the  club  winning  the  most  races  in  the 
ten  should  be  declared  the  conqueror. 

The  sport  proved  very  thrilling,  it  being  nip 
and  tuck  for  the  honors  to  the  very  finish,  the 
Metropolitan  horses  scoring  six  of  the  ten 
events  through  the  excellent  showing  of  Wil- 
liam Emerson's  pacing  mare,  Louise  E.,  and 
W.  F.  Bennett's  gelding,  Mardel,  each  of 
which  stepped  heats  in  31  seconds  in  defeat- 
ing their  speedy  opponents. 

The  Concord  Club,  however,  besides  win- 
ning four  of  the  races,  came  in  for  additional 
glory  in  capturing  the  A^an  Naman  cup  for 
the  fastest  heat  of  the  day  which  went  to  the 
rapid  fire  little  gray  gelding,  Amos  R.,  who 
tramped  of¥  the  first  heat  in  30  1-2  seconds. 

In  connection  with  the  racing  there  was  a 
carnival  parade  which  was  a  pronounced  suc- 
cess. George  Leonard  gave  a  valuable  silver 
cup  for  the  most  "old-fashioned"  rig  on  the 
road,  which  was  won  by  Miss  Margaret  W. 
Pope,  the  red  ribbon  going  to  Mrs.  Benjamin 
Pope,  and  the  yellow  ribbon  to  A.  L.  Power. 
There  were  twenty  entries  in  this  class.  The 
prize  for  the  best  pony  turn-out  was  won  by 
Miss  Agatha  Kendall,  of  Brookline.   A  special 


prize  for  a  double-seated  sleigh  was  awarded 
to  Caleb  Chase,  who  with  his  family  occupied 
an  elegant  vis-a-vis,  drawn  by  a  pair  of  short- 
tailed  horses. 

In  the  evening  a  bancjuet  was  held  at  the 
Quincy  House.  Nearly  300  sat  down  to  the 
dinner,  and  everyone  had  a  jolly  good  time. 
Compliments  were  showered  upon  the  Met- 
ropolitan Club  by  President  H.  H.  Dudley  and 
other  members  of  the  Concord  Club.  The  first 
speaker  of  the  evening  was  Ma3'or  Fitzgerald, 
who  eulogized  the  horse,  and  was  enthusias- 
tically received.  Perhaps  the  most  important 
speech  was  that  of  Chairman  de  Las  Casas 
of  the  Metropolitan  Park  Commission.  Mr. 
de  Las  Casas  went  into  the  history  of  the 
building  of  the  Charles  River  Speedway.  Pres- 
ident Newbert  of  the  Dorchester  Club  spoke 
in  favor  of  holding  a  big  convention  of  all  the 
driving  clubs  of  New  England  in  this  city  at 
an  early  date.  Other  speakers  were  A.  S. 
Perrin  of  Buffalo,  Edwin  A.  Bayley  and  T. 
Lee  Quimby.     Summary  of  the  races : 

Charles  River   Speedway,   Feb.   12,   1907 — Class  A, 
pacing. 
Hugh   Tallent's   b.   m.,   Canterbury  Girl    (Tal- 

lent)     C I     1 

A.  J.  Furbush's  ch.  g.,  C.  E.  Jordan  (Furbush) 

B 2    2 

D.  J.  Nelligan's  b.  g.,  Major   (Nelligan)    B   ..     33 

L.   N.   Cushman's   br.   m.,   B 4     4 

Time— 33s.,  32  1-45. 

Class  B,  trotting. 

L.  A.  Bean's  ch.  g..  Captain   (Bean)   B i  i 

W.  G.  Corbett's  ch.  m..  Wavelite   (Corbett)   B  3  2 

J.  E.  Marston's  b.  g.,  William  L.  (Marston)   C  2  3 

H  H.  Cook's  b.  g.,  Billy  Ross    (Cook)    B....  4  4 

Time— 33  1-4S.,  33  1-45. 

Class  C,  pacing. 
M.  P.  Collins'  ch.  g.,  Apollo  (Collins)   B.,     2     i     i 
M.  A.  Nevens'  b.  g.,  Gen.  Fiske   (Nevens) 

B I     3    2 

H.  F.  Hathaway's  b.  g.,  Albertson   (Hatha- 
way)   C 3    2    3 

Time— 34s.,  35s..  33  i-4s. 

Class  D,  trotting. 
P.  J.  Cronin's  ch.  g.,  Ned  West   (Dr.  Cro- 

nin)    B i     4     i 

G.  P.  Smith's  ch.  g.,  Sunolo  Dudley  (Dunt- 

ley)    B 2     I     3 

J.  E.  Doherty's  ch.  g.,  Alclay  H.    (Bigley) 

J-j A      2      2 

J.   M.   E.   Morrill's   b.   m.,   Helvetia    (Mor- 
rill)   B 3     3     5 

J.   E.   Fitzgerald's   b.   g..   Vesper    (Fitzger- 
ald)  B 6    6    4 

C.   G.   Newcomb's   br.   g.,   Geo.  Lee    (New- 
comb)    B 5     r    g 

Time— 34  3-4S.,  37  1-45.,  34  3-43. 


ROB  B. 
Winner  of  Quarter-mile  Heat  in  30  Seconds  at  Franklin  Field  Speedway.     Still 
Remained  in  1914  Track  Record  to  Sleigh.     Owned  and  Driven  by  M.  A.  Nevens 


BILLY  WILKES,  2:18  1-2 

Prominent  in  the  Matinees  at  Charles  River  and  Franklin  Field  Speedways 

Owned  and  Driven  by  E.  S.  Morse 


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Class  E,  pacing 
H.  G.  Kilkenney's  b.  m.,  Angle   Wilkes    (Kil- 

kenney)    C i     I 

H.  G.  Reid's  b.  g.  Colbath  (Reld)  B 2    2 

Henry  Wood's  b.  g.,  Nyphen  (Wood)  B 4     3 

F,  ,H.  Fay's  b.  m.,  Embrino  (Fay)   B 3     4 

Time— 33  3-4S.,  33  3-4s. 

Class  F,  trotting. 
W.  J.  Bates'  b,  h.,  BinjoIIa  (Trout)   B....     3     i     i 
A.  H.  Fitoh's  b.  g.,  Hills  Boy  (Dr.  Fitch)  B    2    3    2 
W.  J.  Furbush's  b.  g.,  Little  Ben  (Furbush) 

B I     2  dr 

Fred  Ames'  b.  m.,  Clara  Peck  (Ames)   B..     4     4  dr 
Time— 34  i-2s.,  34s.,  34s. 

Class  G,  pacing. 

J.  E.  Marston's  b.  m.,  Velnor  (Marston)  C. . .     i     i 

C.  S.  Johnson's  b.  g.,  Rob  B.  (Nevens)   E....     2     2 

William  La  Croix's  b.  g.,  Max  C.  (Trout)  B..     3     3 

Time— 34s  ,  33  i-2s. 

Class   H,  trotting. 

F.  L.  Merrill's  b.  g.,  Norvet   (Ralston)    B i     i 

F.  E.  Burnham's  b.  g.,  Bert  S.  (Gibbons)   B..  22 

H.  F.  Miller's  b.  g.,  Happy  Jack   (D'untley)  C  3     3 

F.  C.  Garmon's  b.  g.,  Hulman   (Garmon)   B..  44 

Time— 33  3-43.,  32  1-4S. 


Class  K,  pacing. 
William  H.  Emerson's  b.  m.,  Louise  E.  (Lock- 
wood)    B I     I 

L.  E.  Currier's  b.  g.,  Palatka  Jr.   (Currier)  C    2    2 
Time — 31  1-4S.,  31s. 

i 

Class  L,  pacing. 
W.  F.  Bennett's  ch.  g.,  Mardel  (Bennett)   B..     11 
N.  A.  Dunklee's  ch.  g.,  Red  Rex  (Dunklee)  C    2    2 
Time— 31  3-4S.,  31s. 

Class  N,  trotting. 
F,  B.  Horton's  br.  m.,  Alga  W.   (Belledeu) 

B 3     I     I 

F.  E.     Smith's       ch.     m.,     Nancy     Nelson 
(Smith)    B I     3     3 

T.  G.  Plant's  blk.   m.,   Alice   Carr    (Plant) 
B 2    2    2 

John   Cruikshank's  b.  g.,   Stam   B.    (Cruik- 

shank )    C 4     4    4 

Time— 321-43,  33  I-4S.,  33s. 

Class  R,  Pacing 

G.  W.  Rice's  g.  g.,  Amos  R.  (Rice)  C i     i 

William  La  Croix's  g.  g.,  Tiger   (Trout)    B..     2     2 
Arthur  H.  Parker's  b.  h,  Hal  Ensign  (Ralston) 

B 3    3 

Time — 301-25.,  32  1-4S. 


Dorchester  Wins  Big  Four-Cornered 
Interclub  Silver  Cup 


AFTER  considerable  agitation  at 
the  meeting  of  the  committees 
from  the  four  driving  clubs,  it 
was  finally  decided  to  hold  a 
grand  interclub  series  of  racing 
between  the  Dorchester,  Fellsway,  Lynn  and 
Quannapowitt  Driving  Clubs,  two  of  the  meets 
to  be  at  Combination  Park  and  one  each  at 
Rockdale  Park,  Peabody,  and  the  Reading- 
Waketield  track.  It  was  decided  by  the  com- 
mittee that  in  scoring  points  the  first  horse  in 
each  race  was  to  be  credited  with  five  points, 
the  second  horse  three  points,  and  the  third 
horse  one  point.  In  case  of  a  tie  for  second  or 
third  place,  the  horses  standing  equal  in  the 
summary  must  go  another  heat  to  decide 
which  was  to  be  credited  with  the  points  in 
dispute. 

On  June  26,  1909,  at  Combination  Park, 
Medford,  was  held  the  first  meeting  in  the 
series  of  interclub  matinees.  It  was  a  fore- 
gone conclusion  that  the  racing  would  be  of 
a  sensational  order,  as  included  among  the 
list  of  entries  from  the  four  clubs  were  no- 
ticed the  names  of  the  following  horses : 
Pacers — Cascade,  2  :o6  1-2 ;  Louise  G.,  2  :o8  1-2 
pacing  and  2:21    trotting;  Aintree,   2:103-4; 


Jimmy  B.,  2:11  1-4:  Reliance,  2:11  1-4;  Lou- 
ise E,  2:11  3-4,  and  a  matinee  record  to 
wagon  of  2:10  3-4;  Lady  Laurin,  2:13  1-2; 
and  B.  S.  Dillon,  2:14  1-4;  trotters — Altro  L., 
2  :o9  3-4 ;  Talpa,  2 109  3-4 ;  Lord  Quex, 
2:101-2;  Tom  Phair,  2:141-4;  Axtelloid, 
2:15   1-4;  and  Hawkins,  2:16  1-4. 

The  honors  of  the  afternoon  were  secured 
by  the  Dorchester  Club  winning  thirteen 
points  more  than  its  nearest  opponent.  Fells- 
way,  and  taking  five  of  the  twelve  events  on 
the  card.  John  W.  Coakley  won  the  fastest 
race  of  the  day,  for  a  trotter,  with  Crown 
Prince,  the  second  heat  of  his  race  being  in 
1 :05  1-4.  Knap  Forshner  with  King's  Heir, 
and  Charley  Bailey  with  Aintree,  were  the 
stars  in  the  pacing  division,  the  former  win- 
ning the  race  and  a  heat  in  i  :o5  1-4,  while 
Aintree  scored  the  second  heat  in  i  :04  3-4. 
Lady  Laurin  and  Cascade  also  had  a  bitter 
fight,  with  the  honors  going  to  the  former,  the 
fastest  heat  in  i  :o5  1-2. 

The  second  interclub  matinee  of  the  series 
was  held  on  the  hoine  grounds  of  the  Lynn 
Driving  Club,  at  Rockdale  Park,  Peabody,  on 
July  24.  All  of  Lynn,  it  seemed,  turned  out 
to  see  the  races,  the  grandstand  and  quarter- 


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stretch  being  packed  with  spectators.  The 
racing  was  very  interesting,  and,  after  a  se- 
vere contest,  the  Lynn  Club  were  returned  the 
victors  for  the  afternoon,  by  the  close  margin 
of  a  single  point,  having  earned  36,  to  their 
nearest  competitor,  Dorchester,  which  got  35. 
Sam  G.  Brown,  of  Lynn,  was  the  starting 
judge,  and  his  excellent  work  was  appreci- 
ated by  all. 

The  feature  event  proved  to  be  between 
Directumwood  and  Lady  Laurin,  the  former 
winning  through  the  clever  driving  of  El- 
dredge,  the  master  reinsman  of  the  Dorchester 
Club.  Another  very  closely  contested  race 
was  Reliance  beating  Cascade.    For  the  trot- 


GENERAL,  2:31  1-4 

Defeated   Major   Dillard   at   Combination  Park" 

and  a  Star  Field  of  Trotters  at  Rockdale  Park 

in  Interclub  Meet.     Owned  and  Driven 

by  Levi  S.  Lord 

ters.  General,  owned  and  driven  by  Levi  Lord, 
defeated  a  crack  field  of  starters,  while  an- 
other race  that  kept  the  crowd  on  tiptoes  un- 
til the  winner  was  announced  was  Croesus  de- 
feating Crown  Prince,  the  third  and  final  heat 
being  in  the  fast  time  of  i  '.oy. 

The  interclub  series  now  moved  to  the 
Wakefield-Reading  track,  the  home  of  the 
Quannapowitt  Club,  the  meeting  being  held  on 
August  21.  A  peculiar  feature  of  this  occa- 
sion was  that  thirty  minutes  before  the  first 
race  was  called  there  was  a  mere  handful  of 
people  in  the  grandstand,  and  when  the  word 
was  given  for  the  first  heat  of  the  afternoon, 
not  a  seat  could  be  found  for  those  who 
were  tardy  in  arriving,  so  quickly  had  the 
grandstand  filled  to  overflowing.  Showing 
how  evenly  matched  the  horses  were,  Dor- 
chester scored  the  most  points  of  the  after- 
noon by  three  points  over  Fellsway,  while 
the  latter  was  only  two  ahead  of  Lynn,  thus 
only   five   points   between   these   three   clubs. 


The  big  race  was  between  Reliance  and 
Directumwood.  The  meeting  between  the  two 
at  Lynn  had  aroused  a  lot  of  feeling  between 
the  admirers  of  each  of  the  fast  pacers.  The 
first  heat  both  raced  head  and  head  the  entire 
half-mile,  and  were  so  closely  aligned  at  the 
wire  that  the  judges  could  not  separate  them 
and  were  obliged  to  announce  a  dead  heat,  the 
time  being  1 104  3-4.  The  second  heat  looked 
like  a  repetition  of  the  first  to  the  quarter,  but 
at  this  point  Reliance  moved  out  in  front  and 
won  by  a  couple  of  lengths  in  the  same  time 
as  the  first  heat.  The  last  trip  Reliance  led 
all  the  way,  winning  handily  in  I  :o3  1-2, 
which  lowered  the  track  record  i  3-4  seconds, 
held  by  Al  Ray. 

Dorchester  was  successful  in  Class  H,  for 
trotters,  Harry  C.  Thayer  taking  the  event 
with  Altro  L.,  the  first  heat  in  1 109  1-2,  while 
another  interesting  trotting  class  was  that  won 
by  Walter  Corbett  with  Lord  Quex,  the  sec- 
ond heat  in  i  :o8  1-2. 

The  closing  matinee  of  the  series  of  inter- 
club racing  was  held  at  Combination  Park,  on 
September  25,  and  while  the  afternoon's  racing 
resulted  in  Fellsway  getting  42  points  to  36 
for  Dorchester  and  30  for  Lynn,  yet  in  the 
entire  series  Dorchester  was  returned  the 
victor  by  securing  152  points,  Fellsway  131, 
Lynn  127,  and  Quannapowitt  45,  which  gave 
to  the  Dorchester  Qub  the  elegant  silver  cup 
that  was  the  trophy  for  the  club  winning  the 
series. 

Without  the  opposition  of  Reliance,  Direc- 
tumwood had  an  easy  time  winning  his  event. 
The  real  stirring  races  of  the  afternoon  were 
the  victories  of  Louise  E.  over  Lady  Laurin, 
and  of  Croesus,  in  Class  K,  each  of  these 
horses  having  to  step  in  1 107  3-4  to  win  their 
respective  events. 

POINTS  WON  IN  INTERCLUB  MEETS 

Clubs                        Dor.  Fells.  Lynn.  Quann. 

First   Matinee    45  32        30  II 

Second   Matinee    ....     35  24        36  12 

Third    Matinee    36  33         31  20 

Fourth   Matinee    ....     36  42        30          2 

Total   Points    152       131       127        45 

Combination   Park,  Medford,  June  26,   1909. 
Class  A,  trotting. 

The  Christian,  b.  g.  (Forshner)  F i     I 

Billy  Ross,  b.  g.    (Bailey)    D 2     2 

Claynette,  b.  m.    (La   Croix)    L 3     3 

Adonis,  b.  g.   (Rice)   Q 4    4 

Time — i  :lo  1-2,  i  :ii 

Class  B,  pacing. 

Edith  R.,  ch.   m.    (Rideout)    F l     I 

Go  See,  b.  g.   (Gushee)   D 2    2 

Chesterhallis,  blk.  g.   (Gibbons)    Q 3  *4 

VVinola,  b.  m.  (Delano)  L 4    3 

Time — I  :io,  i  :o8  1-2. 

*Won  heat  to  decide  tie  for  third  place. 


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Class  C,  trotting. 

General,  b.  g.   (Lord)   L 2     i     i 

Major  Dillard,  gr.  g.   (Trout)  D I     2    2 

Time — 1:091-4,   1:121-4,   1:10. 

Class  D,  pacing. 

Lady  Laurin,  b.  m.    (Page)    L I     i 

Cascade,  br.  g.  (Coakley)  D 2     2 

Major  M.,  b.  g.   (Rideout)   F 4  *3 

Blue  Light,  ch.  g.   (Brackett)  Q 3     4 

Time — i  :o6,  i  :05.  1-2. 

*Won  heat  to  decide  tie  for  third  place. 

Class  E,  trotting. 

Croesus,   br.   g.    (Phillips)    L I  I 

Oleander,  b.  g.   (Brackett)    Q 3  2 

Hawkins,   blk.   g.    (Trout)    D 2  4 

Axtelloid,  ch.  g.    (York)    F 4  3 

Time — i  :07  3-4,   i  :o8  1-2. 

Class  F,  pacing. 

King's   Heir,   ch.  g.    (Forshner)    F i  3  I 

Aintree,   b.  g.    (Bailey)    D 2  I  4 

Directumwood,  b.  g.  (Gifford)  Q 3  2  2 

Charlena,  b.  m.  (Blaney)   L 4  4  3 

Time — i  :05  1-4,   i  :04  3-4,  i  :os  1-2. 

Class  G,  trotting. 

Crown  Prince,  ch.  g.   (Coakley)   D I     I 

Capt.  Higginson,  b.  g.   (Wood)   L 2     2 

Talpa,  b.  m.   (Forshner)   F 3    3 

Time — i  :o6  1-2,  i  :05  1-4. 

Class  H,  pacing. 

B.  S.  Dillon,  ch.  g.   (Ralston)   D I     3     I 

Bonnie  Belle,  ch.  m.  (Rideout)  F 3     i     2 

Belle  Sherwood,  b.  m.   (Foster)   Q 2     2     3 

Time — i  :05,  i  :o6  1-2,  i  :o6. 

Class  I,  trotting. 

Louise  G.,  b.  m.   (Bailey)   D I     i 

Lord   Quex,   b.   g.    (Ralston)    F 2     2 

Time — i  :07  3-4,  i  :o6  1-2. 

Class  J,  pacing. 

Jimmy  B.,  b.  g.   (Phillips)   L.. I     i 

Dr.   Band,  b.  g.    (Richardson)    D 2     2 

Pat  L.,  ch.  g.    (Crowley)   F 3     3 

Time — i  :09  3-4,   i  :ii. 

Class  K,  trotting. 

Ginger,  b.  g.   (Eldredge)    D I     i 

Shimosa,  b.  m.   (Rice)    F 3  *2 

Forrest  W.,  b.  g.   (Page)    L 2    3 

Hampshire  Boy,  br.  g.   (Cowdrey)   Q 4    4 

Time — I  :o8,  i  :io  1-2. 

*Won  heat  to  decide  tie  for  second  place. 

Class  L,  pacing. 

Krispen,  blk.  g.   (Coakley)   D i     i 

Helen  R.,  b.  m.   ( Page)   L 2     2 

Grey  F.,  blk.  g.   (Thyng)   F 3     3 

Time — i  :09,  i  :io. 


Rockdale  Park,  Peabody,  July  24,   1909. 
Class  A,  trotting. 

May  Barnes,  b.  m.  (Collins)  F 2     i     i 

Prince,  ch.  g.    (Manson)    L i     2    2 

Umpire,  b.  g.    (Eldredge)   D 3     3     3 

Time — I  :i3,  i  :i4,  1  :i4. 

Class  B,  pacing. 

Go  See,  b.  g.   (Eldredge)  D i     i 

General  Fiske,  b.  g.   (Croft)   F 2     2 

Lady  Brazilian,  g.  m.   (Gibbons)  Q 3     3 

Time — i  :i3  1-2,  i  :io  1-2. 


Class  C,  trotting. 
Billy  Ross,  b.  g.  (Bailey  and  Furbush)   D..     3     i     i 

Awning  Boy,  b.  g.  (McGovern)   L i     2    2 

Tower  Boy,  b.  g.   (Pero)   F 233 

Time— I  :  12  1-2,   1:12,   1:111-4. 

Class   D,  pacing. 

Belle  Park,  b.  m.   (Gibbons)  Q 2     i     i 

Dr.  Band,  b.  g.   (Richardson)   D i     3     2 

Charlena,  b.  m.  (Blaney)  L 323 

Time— I  :ii,  1  :I4  1-2,  I  :ii  i-4. 

Class   E,   trotting. 

Forrest  W.,  br.  g.   (Cokeley)   L Walk-over 

Time— I  :i0  3-4,  i  :ii. 

Class  F,  pacing. 

Reliance,  b.  g.    ( Burke)   L I     i 

Cascade,  gr.  g.    (Coakley)    D 3    2 

Bonnie  Belle,  ch.  m.    (Rideout)    F 2     3 

Time— 1  :o8  3-4,   i  -O/. 

Class  G,  trotting. 

Nancy  Nelson,  ch.  m.  (Small)  L 1     I 

Louise  G.,  b.  m.  (Bailey)  D 2    2 

Time — I  :09,   i  :o9. 

Class  H,  trotting. 

General,  b.  g.  (Lord)  L i  I 

Oleander,   b.   g.    (Brackett)    Q 2  2 

Lord   Quex,  b.  g.    (Ralston)    F 3  3 

Altro  L.,  blk.  g.  (Coakley)   D 4  4 

Time — 1:12,   1:12. 

Class  L  trotting. 

Croesus,  b.  g.   ( Phillips)   L 2     I     i 

Clown  Prince,  ch.  g.   (Coakley)   D i     2     2 

Time — I  :00.  i  :ii.  I  'oy. 

Class  J,  pacing. 

Directumwood,  b.  g.   (Eldredge)    D i     I 

Lady  Laurin,  b.  ra.  (Young)  L 2     2 

Time — i  :o6  1-2,  i  :o8  1-2. 

Class   K,  pacing. 

Edith  R.,   ch.  m.    (Rideout)    F ". .     I     i 

Aintree,  b,  g.    (Bailey  and  Furbush)    D 2     2 

Time— 1  :ii,   i  :07  1-4- 

Class  L,  pacing. 

Gagnaunt,   ro.   g.    (Jameson)    F 2     I     i 

B.  S.  Dillon,  ch.  g.   (Ralston)   D i     3     2 

Chesterhallis,  br.  g.  (Gibbons)  Q 3     2     3 

Time — i  :o8,  i  :o7  3-4,  i  :o7  1-2. 


Wakefield-Reading   P.'vrk,  August  21,   1909 

Class  A,  pacing. 

Go  See,  b.  g.   (A.  S.  Gushee)   D 2  i 

General  Fiske,  b.  g.   (W.  W.  Croft)   F....     i  2 

Charlena,  b.  m.  (C.  C.  Blaney)  L 3  3 

Ada  B.,  b.  ra.  (H.  C.  Barrows)   Q 4  4 

Time — l  :o7  1-2,   I  :o6  3-4,  i  :07  1-4. 

Class  B,  trotting. 

Baron  Patch,  b.  g.  (W.  J.  Fitzgerald)  D I 

Autobon,  b.  g.   (G.  Davis)   F 2 

Forrest  W.,  br.  g.   (George  Cokeley)   L 3 

Oilwood,  b.  g.   (C.  H.  Bolton)   Q 4 

Time — i  :I2,  i  :io  3-4. 

,  Class  C,  pacing. 

Reliance,  b.  g.   (F.  M.  Burke)   L o  i 

Directumwood,  b.  g.  (T.  J.  Griffin)  D o  2 

Pat  L.,  ch.  g.  (E.  R.  Whitman)  F 3  3 

Time— I  :04  3-4,   i  :04  3-4,   i  :03   1-2. 


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Class  D,  trotting. 
Nancy  Nelson,  ch.  m.  (F.  C.  Smith)   L....     2     i     i 

Tower  Boy,  b.  g.  (M.  A.  Pero)  F I     2     2 

Fred  M,  ch.  g.   (D.  H.  Fowle)   Q 3    3    3 

Time — i  :il,   i  :io,   i  :io 

Class  E,  pacing. 

Lady  Laurin,  b.  m.   (T.  W.  Fogg)  L i     i 

Cascade,  br.  g.  (J.  W.  Coakley)  D 2    2 

Edith  R.,  ch.  m.  (H.  W.  Litchtield)  F 3    3 

Time — i  :07  1-2,  I  :o6  1-2. 

Class  F,  trotting. 

Croesus,  br,  g.   (E.  B.  Phillips)   L i     i 

Maxine,  b.  ra.   (H.  B.  Hubbard)   Q   3     2 

Amy,  b.  g.    (Paine)   F 2     3 

Time — i  :I2,   i  :i4   1-4. 

Class  G,  pacing. 

Onward  March    (A.  H.  Fitch)    D i     i 

We  Lead   (M.  Healey)    F ' 3     2 

Belle  Park    (J.   B.  Wilkinson)    Q 2     3 

Time — i  :07  3-4,  i  :o8. 

Class  H,  trotting. 

Altro  L.,  bik.  g.  (H.  C.  Thayer)  D i  i 

Frank  L.,  b,  g.   (C.  M.  Harrison)   Q 2  2 

General,  b.  g.   (Levi  Lord)   L 3  3 

May  Barnes,  b.  m.  (E.  Collins)  F 4  4 

Time — I  :og  1-2,  i  :io. 

Class  I,  pacing. 

Gagnaunt,  r.  g.   (E.  H.  Kingmond)   F i     I 

Chesterhallis,  br.  g.  (A.  H.  Jewett)  Q 2    2. 

Minola,  br.  m.   (C.  J.  Delano)   L -, .     3     3 

Time — i  :09.  i  :io. 

Class  J,  trotting. 

Lord  Quex,   b.  g.    (W.   Corbett)    F i     i 

Rose  Mack,  b.  m,   (F.  J.  Linnehan)  L 2    2 

Oleander,  b.  g.   (E.  G.  Emmons)   Q 3    3 

Ginger,  b.  g.   (P.Buckley)   D 4     4 

Time — i  :09  1-4,  i  :o8  1-2, 

( 
Class  K,  pacing. 

Miss  Ormond,  b.  m.   (J.  F.  Fitzgerald)   D....  i  i 

May  H.,  ch.  m.   (D.  H.  Fowle)   Q 2  2 

Ginger  B.,  b.  m.   (J.  L  Brooks)   F 4  3 

Bobby  B.,  b.  g.  (E.  B.  Phillips)  L 3  4 

Time — i  :io  1-2,  i  :o8. 

Class  L,  trotting. 

Billy  Ross,  b.  g.   (H.  H.  Cook)   D i     3     i 

Chazy  Belle,  b.  m.   (A.  Worthylake)   F....     2     i     2 

Twin  Prince,  ch.  g.   (W.  F.  Rose)   Q 4    2     3 

Clarity  Barrymore,  b.  m.  (F.  J.  Linnehan)  L  3  dr 
Time — i  :I4,  I  :I5,   I  :IS. 

Combination   Park,  Medford,   Sept  25,    1909. 
Class  A,  trotting. 

Autobon,  b.  g.   (Davis)   F I     i 

Awning  Boy,  b.  g.   (McGovern)   L 2     3 

Billy  Ross,  b.  g.  (Furbush)  D 3     2 

Time — i  :i3  3-4,  i  :i3  1-2,  i  114. 

Class  B,  trotting. 

Ginger  B.,  b.  m.   (Forshner)    F I     3     i 

Billy  C.  b.  g.   (Page)   L 3     i     3 

Go  See,  b.  g.   (Beane)   D 2    2    2 

Time — i  ;io,  1:13  1-2,  i:ii  1-2. 


Class  C,  trotting. 

Baron  Patch,  b.  g.   (Fitzgerald)   D I     3     i 

General,  b.  g.  (Lord)  L 2     i     2 

Tower  Boy,  b.  g,    (Pero)    F 3     2     3 

Time — i  :i2,  I  :i2  1-2,  i  :i3. 

Class  D,  trotting. 

The  Jap,  wh.  g.  (Furbush)  D i     i 

Amy,  b.   m.    (Paine)    F 2     2 

Maxine,  b.  m.  (Gibbons)   Q 3     3 

Time— I  :i5  1-4,  i  :I5  3-4. 

Class   E,   pacing- 
Miss   Ormond,   b.   m.    (Crowley)    D i  i 

Edith  R.,  ch.  m.   (Rideout)   F 2  2 

Wildlock,  b.  g.    (Spofford)   L 3  3 

Chesterhallis,  b.  g.   (Gibbons)   Q 4  4 

Time — i  :o8,  i  :07. 

Class  F.  trotting. 

Tom  Phair,  br.  h.    (Forshner)    F i     1 

Shila,   b.   m.    (Page)    L 2     2 

Time — I  :io,  i  :o8  1-2. 

Class  G,  trotting. 

Rose  Mack,  b.  m.   (Page)   L i     i 

Kitty  Giltner,  b.  m.  (Forshner)  F   2     2 

Time — i  :i2,  i  :ii  3-4. 

Class  H,  pacing. 

Directumwood,   b.  g.    (Griffin)   D i     i 

Dr.  Ware,  b.  g.    (Mason)    L 3     2 

Major  M.,  b.  g.   (Rideout)   F  2    3 

Time — i  :07  1-4,  i  ;07. 

Class  L  pacing. 

My   Star,  ch.  g.    (Hickey)    D I     i 

Independence,  b.  g.   (Nelson)   F 2     2 

Time — i  :I7  1-4,  I  :i3. 

Class  J,  pacing. 

Louise   G.,   b.  m.    (Furbush)    D i     i 

The  Welchman,  b.  g.  (Forshner)  F 2     2 

Time — l  :i2  3-4,  i  :i2  1-2. 

Class   K,   trotting. 

Croesus,  br.  g.   (Phillips)    L i     i 

Billy  J.,  b.  g.   (Sanborn)   F 2     2 

Carl  C,  b.  g.   (Hickey)   D 3    3 

Time— I  :07  3-4,  i  :09  3-4. 

Class    L,    pacing. 

Louise  E.,  b.  m.  (Fox)  F i     i 

Lady  Laurin,  b.  m.    (Page)    L 2    2 

Time — i  :o7  3-4,  i  :o8. 

Class    M,    pacing    (for    Dorchester    Driving  Club 
horses). 

Bud  Posey,  b.  g.  (Richardson) i  i  i 

Rosemont,  b.  m.   (Eldredge) 2  2  3 

Budweiser,  b.  g.   (Barnard) 3  3  2 

Billy  K,,  gr.  g   (Bleiler)    4  4  4 

Time — I  :io  3-4,  i  :09,  i  :ii. 

Class    N,    pacing     (for    Dorchester    Driving    club 
horses). 

Helgamite,   b.   m.    (Bellows) i     I     2    2     i 

Fred  R.,  b.  g.   (Richardson) 2     2     I     i     2 

Time — 1:21,   1:18,  1:18,   1:191-2,   1:221-4. 


Metropolitan  Earns  Title  of  Champion 
Driving  Club  of  New  England 


DURING  the  Winter  of  1910  over- 
tures were  made  to  the  Metro- 
politan Driving  Club,  by  the  other 
Greater  Boston  driving  clubs  that 
were  in  the  interclub  series  of 
matinees  the  year  before,  to  have  the  Met- 
ropolitan join  them  in  a  series  to  take  place 
the  coming  Summer.  This  was  finally  agreed 
upon,  with  the  condition  that  all  of  the  meets 
take  place  over  Combination  Park,  and  to  be 
six  in  number.  It  was  further  agreed  that  the 
points  made  in  the  races  would  be  as  follows : 
First  horse,  five  points ;  second  horse,  three 
points ;  third  horse,  two  points ;  and  fourth 
horse,  one  point.  In  case  of  two  or  more 
horses  standing  equal  in  the  summary  at  the 
conclusion  of  the  race,  the  one  standing  the 
best  in  final  heat  to  receive  the  additional 
point  and  preceding  position  in  the  summary. 
In  the  early  Spring  months  there  was  a 
great  hustle  between  the  members  of  the  five 
clubs  to  secure  material  that  would  prove  of 
benefit  to  their  respective  organizations  in 
carrying  away  the  elegant  silver  cup  that  was 
to    be    given    to    the    club    winning    the    most 


points  in  the  series.  Thus,  when  the  matinee 
season  opened,  or  later  during  the  matinees, 
the  following  galaxy  of  equine  stars  were 
among  those  entered  in  the  events.  Trotters — 
Chase,  2:07  1-4;  Mack  Mack,  2:08;  Monroe, 
2:10  1-2;  Peter  Sterhng,  2:11  1-2;  Ralph 
Wick,  2:13  1-4;  Dodie  K.,  2:13  1-2;  The 
Sailorman,  2:14  1-4;  and  Hawkins,  2:16  1-4. 
While  Croesus,  2:19  1-2,  and  Dehesia. 
2:23  1-4,  did  not  have  as  fast  a  record  as 
some  of  the  others,  yet  they  had  a  great  deal 
of  speed,  and  their  admirable  way  of  trotting 
gained  for  them  general  admiration  from  the 
spectators.  Pacers — Gallagher,  2:031-2;  Cas- 
cade, 2:06  1-2;  Edwin  S.,  2:08;  Frank  S., 
2:08  1-4;  Louise  G.,  2:08  1-2;  Phoebon  W., 
2:08  3-4;  Billy  Patten,  2:09  1-4;  Easter 
Direct,  2:09  1-2;  Reliance.  2:11  1-4;  Young 
Chimes,  2:11  1-2;  Aintree,  2.10  3-4;  Dean 
Swift,  2:12  1-4;  Johnny  Smoker,  2:12  1-2; 
Lady  Laurin,  2:131-2;  Charley  King, 
2:141-4;  and  Decima  Deane,  2:141-4. 

The  first  matinee  was  held  on  July  9,  and 
the  honors  for  the  afternoon  went  to  Lynn 
with  30  points.  Fellsway  getting  24,  Metropol- 


CHARLEY  KING,  2:14  1-4 
Winner  of  Four  Races  in  Five  Starts  in  Big  Interclub  Meets  of  1910.     Owned  and  Driven 

by  Adna  T.  Wheelock 


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itan  22,  Dorchester  21,  and  Quannapowitt  last 
with  14  points.  The  fastest  event  was  won  by 
Charley  King,  owned  by  A.  T.  Wheelock  of 
Dorchester,  who  paced  his  second  heat  in 
I  :o4  1-2.  The  next  best  performance  by  the 
pacers  was  made  by  Reliance,  from  the  Lynn 
Club,  beating  a  fast  field,  the  last  heat,  in  i  :o5. 
For  the  trotters,  The  Sailorman,  owned  by 
William  La  Croix  of  the  Lynn  Club,  did  sur- 
prisingly well  by  stepping  two  heats  in  i  :o5. 
Dehesia,  the  property  of  Thomas  Brady  of  the 
Quannapowitt  Club,  marched  ofif  with  a  heat  in 
I  :o7 ;  Billy  F.,  from  Fellsway,  in  i  107,  and 
Willie  John,  owned  by  W.  J.  Ford  of  Dor- 
chester, his  second  heat  in  i  :o6  1-2. 

The  second  matinee  came  on  July  16,  and, 
after  five  races  had  been  decided,  rain  called 
the  balance  of  the  program  off.  The  Fellsway 
and  Quannapowitt  Clubs  were  tied  with  13 
points  each,  Dorchester  got  11,  Lynn  9, 
and  Metropolitan  8.  Li  the  fast  classes  Re- 
liance won  the  pace  quite  handily  and  Haw- 
kins the  trot. 

There  was  some  genuine  horse  racing  at  the 
third  matinee  of  interclub  meets  at  Combina- 
tion Park,  on"  July  23,  the  honors  going  to  the 
Metropolitan  Club  with  29  points,  Lynn  and 
Dorchester  getting  22  each,  and  Fellsway  and 
Quannapowitt  18. 

Reliance  won  the  feature  event  of  the  day, 
though  Cascade  captured  the  first  and  fastest 
heat  in  i  104.  Louise  G.  reeled  ofif  a  heat  in 
I  :05  in  her  event,  as  did  Aintree  in  his  class. 
The  best  work  by  the  trotters  was  The  Sailor- 
man  winning  his  heat  in  1 105  1-4,  Rose  Mack 
a  heat  in  i  :o6,  and  Dehesia  one  in  i  -.oy. 

The  fourth  weekly  matinee  of  the  interclub 
program  was  on  August  6,  and  resulted  in  the 
Metropolitan  getting  30  points,  the  most  of 
any  club,  Fellsway  27  points,  while  Dorches- 
ter earned  26,  Lynn  19,  and  Quannapowitt  6. 
This  put  the  Mets  in  the  lead  for  the  series. 

A  new  factor  entered  the  field  in  the  fast 
pacing  mare,  Easter  Direct,  who  appeared 
against  Reliance  and  others  of  that  class,  and 
made  good  the  promise  of  her  friends  in  the 
Fellsway  Club  by  capturing  the  event  in 
straight  heats,  the  second  one  in  i  104  3-4.  The 
Mets  had  out  a  pretty  slick  one,  too,  in  Edwin 
S.,  who  reeled  off  his  second  heat  in  i  :o5,  the 
same  time  that  was  made  by  Lady  Laurin  in 
her  class. 

But  if  there  was  plenty  of  fun  in  the  pacing 
events,  then  the  trotting  classes  were  regular 
hurrahs  in  the  way  they  fairly  burned  up  the 
track.  Chase,  the  trotting  gelding  that  had 
been  raced  by  C.  H.  Belledeu  so  successfull}' 
on  the  Charles  River  Speedway,  had  been 
purchased  by  Chauncy  Sears  of  Fall  River, 
and  made  his  debut  in   Class   F  against  The 


Sailorman  and  Mack  Mack.  The  last  named 
gelding  George  Graves  had  been  racing  in 
matinees  over  the  Readville  track  under  the 
colors  of  the  Boston  Driving  Club.  When  the 
smoke  of  the  battle  cleared  in  this  event,  it 
was  found  that  Chase  headed  the  summary 
with  two  heats  in  the  remarkable  time  of 
I  :o3  3-4,  I  :o4  1-2. 

The  next  interclub  matinee  came  on  Au- 
gust 13,  and  the  largest  crowd  of  the  season 
was  attracted  by  the  announcement  that  the 
celebrated  pacer,  Gallagher,  2  :o3  1-2,  had 
been  purchased  by  J.  O.  Reay  and  E.  F. 
Adams,  of  the  Metropolitan  Club,  and  was 
going  to  make  his  appearance  in  Class  D 
against  the  stars  of  the  interclub  meets.  Bob 
Thompson  drove  the  gelding,  and  while  he  did 
not  have  any  picnic,  yet  the  judges  saw  him 
first  at  the  wire  by  a  margin  of  a  half-length 
each  time,  and,  in  winning  these  heats,  he 
lowered  the  track  record  to  i  :o2  1-4,  and 
came  back  in  his  second  heat  in  1 103  1-4. 
Easter  Direct  drove  him  out  in  the  first  in- 
stance, and  Reliance  got  the  place  the  next 
time. 

A  very  close  second  to  Gallagher  in  secur- 
ing honors  of  the  day  were  Lady  Laurin  and 
Louise  G.,  the  latter  stepping  ofl^  the  first  heat 
in  1  :03  3-4,  and  was  then  barely  beaten  by 
Lady  Laurin  in  i  ;o3  1-4  and  i  104  1-2.  An- 
other whirlwind  pacer  to  take  part  was  Billy 
Patten,  who  was  out  to  take  the  measure  of 
Edwin  S.,  but  just  fell  short,  though  making 
the  winner  tramp  the  last  heat  in  i  :04  1-2. 

Then  to  show  there  was  no  hard  feeling, 
Charley  King  and  Billy  Baggs  hooked  up  in 
a  tremendous  battle,  Billy  getting  the  first 
heat  in  1 105.  After  that  Charley  King  had  all 
he  could  do  to  stall  off  Pointer  Patchen,  the 
final  heat  being  in  i  :04  1-2. 

Remembering  the  decision  of  the  previous 
week,  George  Graves  was  out  with  blood  in 
his  eye  to  take  the  measure  of  Chase  with  his 
Mack  Mack.  The  first  heat  went  to  Chase  in 
I  :o6  3-4,  The  Sailorman  being  the  contender. 
Then  Mack  Mack  came  to  life  and  annexed 
the  second  one  in  i  :o6  1-2,  just  nipping  Tlie 
Sailorman  a  few  feet  from  the  wire.  The 
third  heat  was  another  duel  between  these 
two.  Mack  Mack  barely  getting  the  verdict,  in 
the  fast  time  of  i  104. 

Ralph  Wick  took  part  in  this  interclub 
entertainment  for  the  first  time,  he  being  en- 
tered in  Class  G,  and  the  champion  half-mile 
campaigner  of  the  world  won  easily,  turning 
the  track  the  last  heat  in  t  :o6.  Geiger.  from 
the  iMetropolitan,  in  his  event  reeled  off  a  trip 
in  I  :o6.  Rose  Mack  and  Monroe  each  did  a 
heat  in   i  :o6  1-4,  and  Willie  John  kept  busy 


The  Driving  Clvibs  of  Greater  Boston 


IIS 


the  second  heat  of  his  race  by  negotiating  it  in 
I  :o6  1-2. 

The  points  for  this  session  stood:  Met- 
ropohtan  31,  Fellsvvay  27,  Lynn  22,  Dorches- 
ter 21,  and  Quannapowitt  6. 

The  linal  interclub  meet  was  held  at  Com- 
bination Park  on  August  20,  and  the  result 
of  the  afternoon's  races  gave  Lynn  28  points, 
Fellsway  26,  Metropolitan  25,  Dorchester  21, 
and  Quannapowitt  11.  The  Metropolitan  won 
the  handsome  silver  cup,  the  trophy  for  the 
club  winning  the  most  points  in  the  series,  the 
score  showing  145  for  the  Charles  River 
Speedway  horsemen,  135  for  Fellsway,  130 
for  Lynn,  122  for  Dorchester,  and  68  for 
Quannapowitt.  With  the  cup  went  the  honor 
of  the  champion  driving  club  of  New  Eng- 
land. 

The  trotters  held  the  center  of  the  stage  in 
this  matinee,  and  to  square  things  as  they 
should  be,  George  Moore  of  Lynn,  driving 
William  La  Croix's  good  trotter,  The  Sailor- 
man,  headed  the  summary  over  his  bitter 
rivals,  Mack  Mack,  Chase,  etc.  The  last  heat 
of  his  event  was  in  i  :o3  3-4,  just  equaling 
the  trotting  record  of  the  track,  made  by 
Chase  on  August  6. 

Reliance  and  Louise  G.  were  right  on  edge 
in  their  pacing  race,  and,  to  the  surprise  of 
all,  the  mare  made  Reliance  pace  in  i  :oi  1-2 
the  last  heat  of  the  event,  which  lowered  the 
record  of  the  track,  recently  made  by  Galla- 
gher. Other  notable  features  were  Edwin  S. 
winning  in  i  :04  1-4,  Billy  Patten  in  i  104  1-2, 
and  Charley  King  in  i  :o4  1-2. 

I 

POINTS   WON   IN  INTERCLUB   MEETS. 

CLUBS  Mets.    Fells.    Lynn     Dor.    Quann. 

First   Matinee    ....  22  24  30  21  14 

Second   Matinee    ..  8  13  9  ir  13 

Third  Matinee  ....  29  18  22  22  18 

Fourth   Matinee    . .  30  27  19  26  6 

Fifth  Matinee    ....  31  27  22  21  6 

Sixth  Matinee   ....  25  26  28  21  11 

Total   Points    ...   145     135     130     122      68 

First  Matinee,  July  9,  1910. 
Combination  Park,  Medford,   Class  A,   Pacing. 

Dr.  Ware,  b.  g.   (Charles  Mason)   L 2  i     i 

Ella  Hal,  b.  m.  ,(C.  N.  Clough)  F i  5     5 

Kremella,  b.  g.    (A.  M.  Johnson)    D 3  4    2 

Dean  Swift,  br.  g.   ( T.  Trout)  M d  2     ^ 

Ada  B.,  b.  m.   (H.  C.  Barrows)   Q 5  3     4 

Time — i  :o7  1-2,  i  :oS  1-4,  i  '07. 

Class  B,  trotting. 

Geiger,  blk.  g.   (A.  J.  Furbush)  M t  i 

Awning  Boy,  b.  g.   (Charles  McGovern)  L....  2  3 

Bonnie  Patchen,  br.  g.  (H.  Buckner)   D 4  2 

Kitty  McGregor,  ch.  m.   (W.  Patten)   F 3  5 

General  C,  br.  g.  (W.  F.  Gibbons)   Q 5  4 

Time — i  :09  1-2,  i  109  1-4. 


Class  C,  pacing. 

Outcast,  g.  m.   (W.  F.  Sprague)   F i  i 

Phoebon  W.,  br.  g,   (A.  C.  Furbush)  M 2  2 

Billy   Bags,   ro.  g.    (M.  F.   Clarke)    Q 3  3 

Mixedwood,  blk.  g.   (M.  J.  Healy)   L 4  4 

Onward  March,  b.  g.  (F.  H.  Bellows)  D 5  5 

Time — i  :o6,  i  :o6  3-4. 

Class  D,  trotting. 

Billy  F.,  b.  g.  (L.  F.  Sanborn)  F i  i 

Rose  Mack,  b.  m.  (F.  J.  Linnehan)  L 2  2 

Louise  G.,  b.  m.    (W.  J.  Furbush)   M 3  3 

Oleander,  b.  g.   (E.  G.  Emmons)   Q 4  4 

Baron  Patch,  b.  g.  (W.  J.  Fitzgerald)  D S  ,S 

Time — i  :o7,  i  :07  1-2. 

Class  E,  pacing. 

Reliance,  b.  g.   (E.  B.  Phillips)   L i  i 

Aintree,  b.  g.  (W.  W.  Croft)  F 2  2 

Ginger  B.,  b.  m.   (W.  B.  Pierce)   Q -.  .  .  3  3 

Cascade,  br.  g.   (T.  J.  Griffin)   D 3  4 

Tony  D.,  g.  g.   (E.  S.  Adams)   M 4  dr 

Time — I  :05  1-2,  i  105. 

Class  F,  trotting. 

Willie  John,  br.  g.  (J.  W.  Ford)   D I  i 

Croesus,  br.  g.   (E.  B.  Phillips)   L 2  2 

Major  Dillard,  gr.  g.  (J.  Trout)   M 3  3 

Maud  Bland,  b.  m.  (W.  F.  Gibbons)  Q 4  4 

Time — i  :07,  i  :o6  1-2. 

Class  G,  pacing. 

Billy  C,  b.  g.   (W.  C.  Clark)   L 2  i  l 

Johnny  Smoker,  blk.  g.  (H.  B.  Ralston)   M  i  5  2 

Prairie  Queen,  b. -m.  (J.  R.  Trazier)  D....  5  2  3 

Harry  Wilkes,  b.  g.   (Fred  Rideout)   F....  3  3  4 

Maud  F.,  blk.  m.   (D.  Leary)   Q 4  4  5 

Time — i  ;o6  1-2,  I  :o8,  i  :o6.  . 

Class  H,  trotting. 

The  Sailorman,  b.  g.  (William  La  Croix)  L..  11 

Victor  C,  g.  g.  (J.  Trout)   M 2  3 

Fred  C,  b.  g.   (L.  F.  Sanborn)   F 4  2 

Carl  C,  b.  g.  (P.  O'Hearn)  D 3  4 

Crown  Prince,  ch.  g.   (G.  A.  Cowdrey)   Q....  5  5 
Time — i  :o5,   i  :os. 

Class  I,  pacing. 

Charley  King,  blk.  g.   (A.  T.  Wheelock)    D.  .  i  i 

Emily,  b.  ra.   (J.  O.  Reay)   M 4  2 

F.  E.  R.,  b.  g.   (W.  F.  Gibbons)   Q 2  4 

Decima  Deane,  b.  m.   (F.  E.  Morrison)   F....  3  3 

Lady  Laurin,  br.  m.   (F.  J.  Linnehan)  L 5  5 

Time — i  :o6  1-2,  i  :o4  1-2. 

Class  J,  trotting. 

Dehesia,  b.  m.    (Thomas   Brady)    Q i  i 

Klondyke,  br.  g.   (M.  McDermott)    D 2  2 

Dodie  K.,  blk.  m.    (W.  J.   McDonald)    M....  4  3 

Hawkins,  blk.  g.    (E.   H.   Merrow)    F 3  4 

Peter  Sterling,  br.  g.   (J.  CuUen)   L 5  5 

Time — i  :o8,   i  :07. 

Second  Matinee,  July  16,   1910. 
Combination  Park,  Medford,  Class  A,  trotting. 

Hawkins,  blk.  g,   (E.  H.  Merrow)   F i     i 

Klondyke,  br.  g.   (M.  McDermott)   D 4    2 

Dehesia,  b.  m.    (T.  F.   Brady)    Q 2     4 

Dodie  K.,  blk.  m.  ( W.  J.  McDonald)  M 3    3 

Time — i  :07  1-2,  i  :o6  1-4. 

Class  B,  pacing. 

Kremella,  b.  g.   (A.  M.  Johnson)   D i  I 

Dr.  Ware,  b.  g.   (Charles  Mason)  L 3  2 

Ella  Hal,  b.  m.   (W.  W.  Croft)  F 2  3 

Harry  M.,  g.  g.   (F.  Churchill)   Q 4  4 

Time — i  :o6,  l  :o6  3-4. 


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Class  C,  trotting. 

Geiger,  blk.  g.  (A.  J.  Furbush)  M i  I 

Isabelle,  b.  m.  (B.  W.  Weeks)  F 2  2 

Baron  Patch,  b.  g.   (W.  J.  Fitzgerald)   D 3  3 

Maud  Bland,  b.  m.  (W.  F.  Gibbons)  Q 4  4 

Time — i  :o8  1-2,  i  ;o8  1-2. 

Class  D,  pacing. 

Billy  Baggs,  r.  g.  (M.  F.  Clark)   Q i  3  I 

Decima  Deane,  b.  m.  (F.  E.  Morrison)  F.  .     5  i  4 

Dean  Swift,  br.  g.   (J.  Trout)    M 3  2  2 

Billy  C,  b.  g.  (W.  C.  Clark)  L 245 

Manila  Boy,  b.  g.   (J.  W.  Wentworth)   D,.     4  5  3 
Time — I  ;o7  1-2,  i  :o8,  i  :io  1-2. 

Class  F,  pacing. 

Reliance,  b.  g.   (E.  B.  Phillips)   L i  i 

Ginger  B.,  b.  m.   (W.  B.  Pierce)   Q 2  2 

Cascade,  br.  g.   (T.  J.  Griffin)    D 3  3 

Tony  D.,  g.  g.  (E.  S.  Adams)   M 4  dr 

Time — 1 :05  3-4,  I  :ci6. 

Third  Matinee,  July  2^^141910. 
Combination  Park,  Medford,  Class  A,  trotting. 

Dehesia,  b.  m.   (Thomas  F.  Brady)   Q i  i 

Hawkins,  blk.  g.    (E.  H.  Merrow)    F 2  2 

Willie  John,  br.  g.  ( W.  J.  Ford)   D 3  3 

Time — l  :o8,  l  :07. 

Class  B,  pacing. 

Phoebon  W.,  br.  g.   (A.  C.  Furbush")   M i  i 

Billy  Baggs,  r.  g.  (M.  F.  Clark)  Q 2  2 

Kremella,  b.  g.   (A.  M.  Johnson)   U 3  4 

Billy  C,  b.  g.  (W.  C.  Clark)  L 5  3 

Outcast,  g.  m.  (W.  Sprague)  F 4  5 

Time — i  :o6  1-4,  i  :o6  1-2. 

Class  C,  trotting. 

Rose  Mack,  b.  m.   (F.  J.  Linnehan)   L i  i 

Monroe,  b.  g.   (Dr.  Jackson)   M 3  2 

Billy  J.,  b.  g.  (L.  F.  Sanborn)  F 2  3 

Klondyke,  br.  g.   (M.  McDermott)    D 4  4 

Time — I  :o8,  i  :o6. 

Class  D,  pacing. 

Reliance,  br.  g.   (E.  B.  Phillips)   L 2  l  l 

Cascade,  br.  g.   (T.  J.  Griffin)   D i  2  3 

Ginger  B.,  b.  m.  (W.  B.  Pierce)   Q 3  5  2 

Miss  Cadmus  b,'m.  (A.  C.  Furbush)  M. .  . .     4  3  5 

Young  Chimes,  b.  g.   (K.  Forshner)    F....     5  4  4 

Time— I  :04.  i  104  3-4,  i  ;05  3-4. 

Class  E,  trotting. 

The  Sailorman.  b.  g.   (William  La  Croix)  L..  i  I 

Fred  C,  b.  g.  (L.  F.  Sanborn)   F 3  2 

Crown  Prince,  ch.  g.   (G.  A.  Cowdrey)   Q....  2  3 

Victor  C,  g.  g.  (J.  Trout)  M 4  4 

Time— I  :os  3-4,  i  -.0$  1-4- 

Class  F,  pacing. 

Louise  G.,  b.  m.   (W.  J.  Furbush)    M I  I 

Charley  King,  blk.  g.  (A.  T.  Wheelock)  D.  .  . .  2  2 

Lady   Laurin,  br.  m.    (F.  J.  Linnehan)    L..,.  3  3 

W.  H.  B,  b.  g.   (W.  H.  Bird)   Q 4  4 

Time — i  :05  1-2,  I  105. 

Class  G,  trotting. 

Geiger,  blk.  g.  (A.  J.  Furbush)   M 2  i  i 

Baron  Patch,  b.  g.   (W.  J.  Fitzgerald)   D..      124 

Marine,  b.  m.   (.H.P.Hubbard)   Q 4  3  2 

Awning  Boy,  b.  g.   (Charles  McGovern)   L    3  4  3 
Time — i  :09  1-2.  i  :og,  i  :io. 


Class  H,  pacing. 

Aintree,  b.  g.   (W.  W.  Croft)   F 2  i  I 

lone,  b.  m.    (R.  G.  Crosby)   D i  2  2 

Mixedwood,  blk.  g.  (M.  J.  Healey)  L 3  3  4 

Emily,  b.  m.    (J.  O.  Reay)    M 4  4  3 

Maud  F.,  blk.  m.   (D.  Leary)   Q 5  dr 

Time — I  :o6,  i  :os,  i  :os  1-4. 

Class  I,  trotting. 

Dodie  K.,  blk.  m.  ( W.  J.  McDonald)  M i  i 

General  C.,  br.  g.  (W.  F.  Gibbons)  Q 2  2 

Isabelle,  b.  m.   (B.  W.  Weeks)   F 3  3 

Time' — i  :io  1-4,  i  :lo  1-2, 

Class  J,  pacing. 

Manila  Boy,  b.  g.   (J.  W.  Wentworth)   D I  I 

Country  Guy,  ch.  g.   (M.  Buffington)   M 4  2 

Decima  Deane,  b.  m.   (F.  E.  Morrison)   F....  2  4 

Dr.   Ware,  b.  g.    (Charles  Mason)    L 3  3 

Time — i  :o7  1-4,  i  :07  1-2. 

Fourth  Matinee,  August  6,  1910. 
Combination  Park,  Medford,  Class  A,  pacing. 

Harry  Wilkes,  b.  g.   (F.  Rideout)    F i  i 

Manila   Boy,  b.  g.    (Eldredge)    D 2  2 

Dean  Swift,  b.  g.   (J.  Trout)   M 3  3 

Dr.   Ware,  b.  g.    (Page)    L 4  4 

Ada  B.,  b.  m.   (H.  C.  Burrows)   Q 5  5 

Time — i  :o8,  i  :07  3-4. 

Class  B,  trotting. 

Geiger,  blk.  g.    (Bailey)    M i  i 

Baron  Patch,  b.  g.    (W.  J.  Fitzgerald)    D....  2  2 

Awning  603%  b.  g.   (C.  McGovern)   L 4  3 

Major   Green,   ch.   g.    (Thyng)    F 3  4 

General  C,  br.  g.   (W.  F.  Gibbons)  Q 5  5 

Time— I  :o8  3-4,  I  :o8  3-4- 

Class  C,  pacing. 

Easter  Direct,  b.  m.   (L.  P.  Trembley)    F....  l  I 

Reliance,  b.  g.    (Page)    L 2  2 

Ginger  B.,  b.  m.   (W.  B.  Pierce)   Q 3  3 

Cascade,   br.  g.    (Morgan)    D 5  4 

Louise   G.,  b.  m.    (Bailey)    M 4  5 

Time — i  :o5,  I  :04  3-4. 

Class  D,  trotting, 

Hawkins,   blk.  g.    (K.  Forshner)    F i  i 

Rose  Mack,  b.  m.   (O'Brien)   L 2  2 

Victor  C,  g.  g.   (J.  Trout)   M 4  3 

Dehesia,  b.  m.   (Thomas  F.  Brady)   Q 3  4 

Time — i  :07  1-2,  i  :o6  1-2. 

Class  E,  pacing. 

Edwin  S.,  ch.  g.  (H.  H.  Reed)  M i  i 

Outcast,  g.  m.   (W  Sprague)  F 2  2 

Kremella,  b.  g.   (A.  M.  Johnson)   D 4  3 

Billy  Baggs,  r.  g.   (M.  F.  Clark)   Q 3  5 

Billy  C,  b.  g.  (W.  C.  Clark)   L 5  4 

Time — I  105  1-2,  i  :05. 

Class  F,  trotting. 

Chase,  b.  g.    (Chauncy   Sears)    M l  1 

The  Sailorman,  b.  g.  (William  La  Croix)  L.  .  32 

Mack  Mack,  b.  g.   (George  Graves)  F 2  3 

Crown  Prince,  ch.  g.   (G.  A.  Cowdrey)   Q....  4  4 

Carl  C,  b.  g,  (P,  O'Hearn)  D {.  5  S 

Time — l  103  3-4,  i  :04  1-2. 

Class  G,  pacing. 

Lady  Laurin,  br.  m.   (James  O'Brien)   L I  I 

Aintree,  b.  g.  (W.  W.  Croft)  F 2  3 

lone,  b.  m.  (R.  G.  Crosby)  E) 4  2 

Phoebon  W.,  br.  g.   (A.  C-  Furbush)   M 3  4 

W.  H.  B.,  b.  g,  ( W.  H.  Bird)  Q 55 

Time — i  :o5  1-4,  I  :05. 


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Class  H,  trotting. 

Klondyke,  br.  g.  (M.  McDermott)   D 3  i  I 

Dodie  K.,  blk.  m.   (W.  J.  McDonald)   M..     133 

Little  Bill,  b.  g.   (A.  Jameson)   F 2  2  2 

Maxine,  b.  m.   (H.  P.  Hubbard)   Q 4  4  4 

Noble  Grand,   b.  h.    (M.   Page)    L s  5  5 

Time — 1:081-2,  1:07,  1:061-2. 

Class  I,  pacing. 

Charley  King,  blk.  g.   (A.  T.  Wheelock)    D..  i  I 

jMiss  Cadmus,  b.  m.    (A.  C.  Furbush)    M....  3  2 

Mixedwood,  blk.  g.   (M.  J.  Healey)   L 2  4 

Young  Chimes,  b.  g.  (K.  Forshner)  F 4  3 

Maud  F.,  blk.  m.  (D.  Leary)  Q S  5 

Time — i  :o6,  1  :o6  r-4. 

Class  J,  trotting. 

Willie  John,  br.  g.  ( W.  J.  Ford)   D I  i 

Billy  J.,  b.  g.   (L.  F.  Sanborn)   F 3  2 

Monroe,  b.  g.  (Dr.  Jackson)   M 2  3 

Oleander,  b.  g.   (E.  G.  Emmons)   Q 4  dr 

Time — i  :07,  i  :07. 


Fifth  M,\tinee,  August   13,   1910. 
Combination   Park,   Medford,   Class  A,  trotting. 

Geiger,  blk.  g.    (Thompson)    M i  I 

Billy  J.,  b.  g.  (Forshner)  F 3  2 

Baron  Patch,   b.  g.    (Fitzgerald)    D 2  4 

Awning  Boy,  b.  g.  (McGovern)  L 4  3 

General  C,  br.  g.  (Gibbons)  Q 5  5 

Time — i  :o8  1-2,  i  :o6. 

Class  B,  pacing. 

Aintree,  b.  g.   (Forshner)    F I  I 

Dr.  Ware,  b.  g.    (Page)   L 4  2 

Dean  Swift,  b.  g.   (Trout)   M 2  4 

Kremella,  b.  g.   (Eldredge)   D 3  3 

Ada  B.,  b.  m.   (Barrows)   Q 5  5 

Time — I  :o8  3-4,  i  :o6. 

Class  C,  trotting. 

Mack  Mack,  b.  g.   (Graves)   F 5  i  I 

Chase,  b.  g.   (Babin)    M i  5  3 

The  Sailorman,  b.  g.  (Moore)  L 2  2  2 

Crown  Prince,  ch.  g.   (Gibbons)   Q 3  3  4 

Carl  C,  b.  g.   (O'Donnell)   D 4  4  5 

Time — I  :o6  3-4,  i  :o6  1-2,  i  :04. 

Class  D,  pacing. 

Gallagher,  b.  g.  (Thompson)  M i  i 

Reliance,   b.    g.    (Page)    L 3  2 

Easter  Direct,  b.  m.   (Trembley)    F 2  4 

Ginger  B.,  b.  m.   (Gibbons)   Q 4  3 

Cascade,  br.  g.   (Kinsley)    D 5  5 

Time — I  :02  1-4,  i  :03  1-4. 

Class  E,  trotting. 

Rose  Mack,  b.  m.   (O'Brien)   L 2     i  2  i 

Hawkins,  blk.  g.    (Forshner)    F 4    2  I  3 

Monroe,   b,  g.    (Bailey)    M i     4  4  2 

Dehesia,  b.  m.  (Brady)  Q 3     3  3  dr 

Time — i  :a6  1-4,  i  :o6  1-4,  i  :q6  3-4,  i  :o6  1-2. 

Class  F,  pacing. 

Lady  Laurin,  br.  m.    (O'Brien)    L 2  i  1 

Louise  G.,  b.  m.  (Bailey)  M i  2  2 

Frank  S..  br.  g.   (Forshner)   F 4  3  3 

B.  S.  Dillon,  ch.  g.   (Eldredge)    D 3  4  4 

Maud  F..  blk.  m.    (Leary)    Q 5  5  dr 

Time — i  :03  3-4,  i  :03  1-4,   i  :04  1-2. 


Class  G,  trotting. 

Ralph  Wick,  b.  g.  (Paige)  D i  3  1 

Octavia,  b.  g.    (Dorr)    M 4  i  2 

Derby  Directly,  br.  g.   (Carpenter)   L 2  2  3 

Fancy  Frank,  blk.  g.    (Trembley)    F 3  4  5 

Maxine,  b.  m.   (Gibbons)    Q -5  5  4 

Time — I  ;o9  3-4,  1  :o7  1-2,  i  :o6. 

Class  H,  pacing. 

Edwin  S.,  ch.  g.  (Bailey)   M :  i 

Billy  Patten,  b.  g.   (O'Neil)    F 3  2 

lone,  b.  m.    (Eldredge)    D 2  5 

Mixedwood,  blk.  g.  (Healey)   L 4  3 

Flarry  M.,  g,  g.   (Churchill)   Q 5  4 

Time — i  :04  1-2,  i  :o4  1-2. 

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Class  I,  trotting. 

Willie  John,  b.  g.   (Ford)   D 4  i  i 

Little  Bill,  b.  g.   (Ralston)    F i  3  2 

Victor  C,  g.  g.   (Trout)   M 2  2  3 

Barronette,  blk.  g.    (Gibbons)    Q 3  4  4 

Noble  Grand,  br.  h.   (Page)   L 5  5  5 

Time — i  :o8  3-4,  i  :o6  1-2,  i  :c"'. 

Class  J,  pacing. 

Charley  King,  blk.  g.   (Wheelock)   D 3  i  i 

Billy  Baggs,  r.  g.   (Clark)   Q. i  5  s 

Pointer  Patchen,  ch.  g.   (Sullivan)   F 4  3  2 

Billy  C,  b.  g.    (Clark)   L 5  2  3 

Miss  Cadmus,  b.  m.   (Furbush)   M 2  4  4 

Time — I  :05,    i  :04   1-4,    i  :04    1-2. 


Sixth   Matinee,  August  20,   1910. 
Combination  Park,  Medford,  Class  A,  trotting. 

Little  Bill,  b.  g.   (A.  Jameson)    F i  ,1 

Alfredi,  b.  h.   (J.  Wells)   L 2  2 

Geiger,  blk.  g.  (A.  J.  Furbush) 3  3 

Baron  Patch,  b.  g.    (W.  J.  Fitzgerald)   D 5  4 

Barronette,  blk.  g.   (W.  M.  Christie)    Q 4  5 

Time — i  :09,   I  :o8. 

Class  E.  pacing. 

Edwin  S.,  ch.  g.  (H.  H.  Reed)  M i  i 

Frank  S.,  br.  g.   (J.  Sullivan)   F 3  2 

Lady  Laurin,  br.  m.    (F.  J.  Linnehan)    L....  2  3 

B.  S.  Dillon,  ch.  g.   (F.  A.  Winslow)   D 5  4 

Maud  F.,  blk.  m.  (D.  Leary)   Q 4  5 

Time — I  :04  1-4,   i  :04  1-2. 

Class   C,   trotting. 

The  Sailorman,  b.  g.  (William  La  Croix)  L..  11 

Mack  Mack,  b.  g.   (George  Grayes)   F 2  2 

Crown  Prince,  ch.  g.   (G.  A.  Cowdrey)   Q....  3  4 

Chase,  b.  g.  (Chauncy  Sears)  M 5  3 

Carl  C,  b.  g.    (P.   O'Hearn)   D 4  5 

Time— I  :05,   I  :03  3-4. 

Class  D,  pacing. 

Billy  Patten,  b.  g.   (W.  O'Neil)   F i  i 

Barbara  D.,  ch.  m.  (A.  J.  Furbush)  M 3  2 

Captain  Sampson,  g.  g.   (F.  M.  Burke)   L....  2  3 

Ada  B.,  b.  m.  (H.  C.  Barrows)  Q 4  4 

Time — i  :o6  1-4,  i  :o4  1-2. 

Class  E,  trotting. 

Monroe,  b.  g.  (Dr.  Jackson)  M i  i 

Rose  Mack,  b.  m.   (F.  J.  Linnehan)   L 3  2 

Dehesia,  b.  m.  (T.  F.  Brady)  Q 2  3 

Remsen  Robinson,  b.  g.  (J.  Miller)   F 4  4 

Time — i  :07  1-2,  i  :07. 


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Class  F,  pacing. 

Reliance,  b.  g.   (E.  B.  Phillips)   L I  i 

Louise  G.,  b.  m,    (W.  J.  Furbush)   M 2  2 

Ginger  B.,  b.  m.   (W.  B.  Pierce)   Q 3  3 

Cascade,  br.  g.   (T.  J.  Griffin)   D 4  4 

Time — i  103  1-2,  I  :oi  1-2.  . 

Class  G,  pacing. 

Ralph  Wick,  b.  g.   (Peter  Allen)    D I  i 

Hawkins,  blk.  g.    (E.  H.  Merrow)    F 3  2 

Derby  Directly,  br.  g.  (F.  M.  Burke)  L 2  3 

Maxine,  b.  m.    (H.  P.  Hubbard)   Q 4  4 

Octavia,  b.  g.   (H.  Wood)   M 5  5 

Time — i  :07  3-4,  i  107. 

Class  H,  pacing. 

Mixedwood,   blk.   g.    (M.   J.   Healey)    L i  i 

Manila  Boy,  b.  g.   (J.  W.  Wentworth)    D 2  2 


Miss  Cadmus,  b.  m.   (A.  C.  Furbush)   M 3  3 

Aintree,  b.  g.   (W.  W.  Croft)  F 4  4 

Time — i  :o6  1-2,  i  :o6  1-2. 

Class  I,  trotting. 

Willie  John,  b.  g.  ( W.  J.  Ford)  D i  i 

Victor  C.  g.  g.   (J.  Trout)  M 2  2 

Harry  Brino,  br.  g.  (Thompson  and  Brooks)   F  3  3 

General  C,  br.  g.  (VV.  F.  Gibbons)  Q 4  4 

Time — i  :o6  3-4,   i  :o6  1-2 

Class  J,  pacing. 

Charley  King,  b.  g.  (A.  T.  Wheelock)  D I  I 

Pointer  PatcheUj  ch.  g.   (J.  Sullivan)   F 3  2 

Billy  Baggs,  r.  g.   (M.  F.  Clark)   Q 2  4 

Billy  C,  b.  g.   ( W.  C.  Clark)   L 5  3 

Leanone,  blk.  m.    (P.   Smith)    M 4  5 

Time — i  :o6,  1 104  1-2. 


Kenoza  Club  Defeats  Fellsways  by 
Taking  Four  of  the  Races 


ON  September  30,  191 1,  the  Ke- 
noza Driving  Club  of  Haverhill 
met  the  Fellsway  Club  on  the 
home  grounds  of  the  latter,  at 
Combination  Park,  in  an  inter- 
chib  meet,  which  resulted  in  the  visi- 
tors taking  four  of  the  seven  races,  al- 
though the  Fellsways  succeeded  in  capturing 
five  of  the  seven  red  ribbons.  The  track  was 
heavy  from  recent  rains,  which  made  the  time 
slow. 

The  feature  event  was  the  meeting  of  Wilkes 
Heart,  2  :o6  1-4,  owned  by  Warren  Kimball, 
of  Haverhill,  Dr.  Chase,  2:101-4,  owned  by 
L.  F.  Sanborn,  and  Demarest,  2  :o6  1-4,  the 
property  of  W.  J.  McDonald,  the  last  two 
named  racing  under  the  colors  of  the  Fells- 
way.  Wilkes  Heart  reeled  ofif  the  race  in 
straight  heats,  driven  out  by  Dr.  Chase,  and 
made  the  fastest  time  of  the  afternoon, 
I  :o8  1-2,  I  -.og.  The  fastest  pacing  event  was 
won  by  Simons,  from  the  stable  of  A.  Wallace, 
of  Haverhill,  his  principal  opposition  coming 
from  Decima  Deane,  the  property  of  Frank 
Morrison  of  the  Fellsway  Club.  The  sum- 
mary: 

Combination  Park,  Medford,  Sept.  30,  1911. — Class 
A,  trotting. 

Wilkes  Heart,  b.  g.   (W.  Kimball)  ,H i  i 

Dr.  Chase,  ch.  g.    (L.  F.  Sanborn)   F 2  2 

Demarest,  b.  g.   (W.  J.  McDonald)   F 3  3 

Snowbird,  gr.  g.   (P.  Doherty)   H 4  4 

Time — i  :o8  1-2,  i  :o9. 


Class   B,  trotting. 

La  Buda,  b.  m.  (McDonald)  F 2     i     1 

Dehesia,  b.  m.   (T.  F.   Brady)    F i     2     2 

Belle  Chime,  b.  m.  (E.  C.  Miller)   H 3     3     3 

Time — i  :I2  1-2,  i  :li  3-4,  I  :I2. 

Class  C,  trotting  and  pacing. 

Watchman,  b.  g.    (Welch)    F i     1 

Go  See,  b.  g.    (Fitzgerald)    F 2     2 

Mascal,  b.  g.   (R.  P.  Wood)   H 3    3 

Time — I  :i6  1-4,   I  :i4  3-4. 

Class  D,  pacing. 

Richard  Griffin,  b.  g.  (Minkler)  F i  i 

Epping  Boy,  gr.  g.  (J.  Dugan)_  H 2  2 

Johnny  D.,  b.  g.   (G.  A.  Leathers)   H 4  3 

Maud  C,  b.  m.    (Cromwell)    H 3  4 

Time — i  :I3  1-2,  i  :I4. 

Class  E,  pacing. 

Dan   S.,  b.  g.   (Fred  Rowe)   H i  i 

Paul  Boone,  b.  g.  (J.  Fuller)  H 2  2 

Independence,  ch.  g.   (F.  Brown)   F 3  3 

Doctor,  b.  g.   (Twombly)   F 4  4 

Time — i  :i2  1-2,   I  -.13. 

Class  F,  pacing. 

Simons,  b.  g,  (A.Wallace)  H i  i 

Decima  Deane,  b.  m.  (Morrison)  F 2  2 

Joe  Harris,  b.  g.   (Miller)   H 4  3 

Bessie   H.,    bl.    m.    (Hartz)    F 3  4 

Time — I  :il,  i  :I2. 

Class  G,  pacing. 

Upper  Dyke,  b.  g.  (H.  W.  Watson)  H i     i 

Color  Bearer,  b.  g.  (W.  Gowan)   F 2    2 

Time — I  :I4,   I  :I2. 


Facts  and  Anecdotes 

of 

Prominent  Events 

of  the  Turf 


ARTHUR  H.  PARKER 
Breeder  of  the  World's  Champion  Trotter--Uhlan,  1:58 


Uhlan,  the  World's  Champion  Trotter, 
His  Breeder  and  His  Trainer 


(Ily,  Edward  E.   Cogswell) 


For  seven  years  Mr.  Cogsivell  was  Turf  Edi- 
tor of  the  Boston  Traveler,  and  for  eight  years 
held  a  similar  position  on  the  Boston  American. 
He  zvas  Neiu  England  correspondent  for  the 
Horse  Revietv,  Trotter  and  Pacer,  and  the  Asso- 
ciated Press  during  these  years.  Before  taking 
up  neivspaper  zvork  Mr.  Cogszvell  conducted  a 
public  training  stable  at  Beacon  Park,  at  Mystic 
Park  and  in  the  employ  of  such  noted  breeders 
as  B.  D.  IVhitcomb,  IV.  H.  Moody,  Com.  George 
Perkins,  etc..  rvinning  one  season  the  John  B. 
Clarke  prise  in  loivering  all  Neiv  Hampshire 
records  by  a  trailer  bred  in  the  Granite  State. 
This  he  accomplished  zvith  the  mare  Thetis.  Mr. 
Cogszvell  luas  born  in  Ro.vbury,  Mass.,  and  is  en- 
rolled as  an  Honorary  Member  in  the  Metro- 
politan, Dorchester,  and  Fellszvay  Driving  Clubs. 


UHLAN,  I  :S8,  the  fastest  trotter  in 
the  world,  as  is  very  well  known, 
was  bred  by  Arthur  H.  Parker, 
owner  of  the  Shawsheen  River 
Stock  Earm,  Bedford,  Mass. 
In  the  Eall  of  1900  Mr.  Parker  purchased 
from  Dr.  H.  L.  Alderman,  of  Lexington, 
Mass.,  the  mare  Blonde,  by  Sir  Walter,  Jr., 
2:18  1-4,  and  another  mare,  for  which  he  paid 
$450  for  the  pair.  In  the  Spring  of  1901 
Blonde  was  bred  to  Bingen,  2  :o6  1-4,  the 
produce  being  Lexington,  that  afterwards  took 
a  matinee  record  of  2:15  1-4.  The  latter  being 
a  small  and  disappointing  foal,  Mr.  Parker 
didn't  breed  Blonde  in  1902,  but  Lexington 
showed  so  much  promise  when  a  yearling  that 
he  bred  her  back  to  Bingen  in  the  Spring  of 
1903,  and  the  following  year  she  produced 
Uhlan. 

Ed.  McGrath,  trainer  at  Shawsheen  Farm, 
did  nothing  with  Uhlan  until  the  Eall  of  1905, 
and  then  started  working  him  to  cart,  but  the 
only  gait  he  seemed  to  have  was  a  saddle  gait, 
and  it  took  McGrath  two  weeks  to  get  him 
out  of  it,  and  the  only  way  he  could  do  it  was 
to  run  him  out.  He  kept  at  him  this  way  until 
he  finally  got  him  on  the  trot.  Uhlan  was 
driven  on  the  snow  that  Winter,  and  on  April 
28,  the  following  Spring,  won  a  race  over  the 
farm  track  of  half-mile  heats  in  i  :22  1-2,  and 
two  weeks  later  he  worked  a  half  mile  in  i  -.ly. 
He  was  then  turned  loose  for  ten  weeks. 
Then,  taken  up  and  driven  a  little  and  sent  to 


Readville,  where,  right  off,  he  stepped  a  mile 
in  2  :28,  one-quarter  in  35  seconds. 

The  following  Winter.  1906  and  '07,  Mr. 
Parker  took  him  over  to  Charles  River  Speed- 
way, where  he  most  favorably  impressed  a 
great  many  people  who  saw  him  step.  Mr. 
Parker  offered  him  for  sale  for  $1,500,  but 
found  no  takers.  Early  in  May,  he  started  in 
a  race  of  half-mile  heats  against  aged  horses 
over  the  farm  track,  winning  in  i  ;ii  1-2,  i  :io, 
and  1:12.  Mr.  Parker  took  him  to  Readville 
early  in  July,  and  started  him  in  three  mati- 
nees of  the  Gentlemen's  Driving  Club,  winning 
all  in  straight  heats,  one  in  2:21  1-4. 

Charles  Sanders,  of  Salem,  Mass.,  was 
favorably  impressed  by  the  colt's  performance, 
and  asked  Mr.  Parker  to  put  a  price  on  him, 
and  Mr.  Parker  named  $2,500.  Two  or  three 
days  later  Mr.  Parker  worked  Uhlan  a  mile 
for  Mr,  Sanders  in  2 :2o,  and  repeated  in 
2:161-4.  Mr.  Sanders  bought  him  at  once, 
and  the  following  week  drove  him  a  mile  to 
wagon  in  a  winning  race  in  2:13  3-4. 

LIhlan's  racing  career  in  1908,  as  a  four- 
year-old,  was  under  the  charge  of  Robert 
Proctor,  the  well  known  Readville  track, 
trainer  and  driver,  who  won  with  the  noted 
gelding  all  the  races  with  the  exception  of  one, 
taking  a  record  of  2:071-4. 

The  season  of  1909  Trainer  Proctor  had 
Uhlan  in  rare  condition,  as  at  the  Cleveland 
track,  he  made  Hamburg  Belle  establish  a 
new    world's    race    record    for    trotters,    of 


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2  :oi  1-4,  in  order  to  beat  him.  The  race  was 
apparently  what  Uhlan  wanted  to  shape  him 
up,  as  at  Readville,  he  turned  the 
tables  on  the  mare,  and  the  result  of  the 
race  caused  C.  K.  G.  Billings,  the  multi-mil- 
lionaire of  Chicago,  111.,  to  buy  Uhlan  from 
Mr.  Sanders  for  $35,000.  With  the  change 
of  ownership  the  horse  was  taken  from  Mr. 
Proctor  and  given  in  charge  of  Mr.  Billings' 
trainer,  Charles  Tanner,  who  the  following 
year  gave  him  a  record  of  i  :58  3-4.  Before 
retiring  him  from  the  turf,  Mr.  Tanner  suc- 
ceeded in  still  further  reducing  Uhlan's  rec- 
ord by  giving  him  a  mark  of  i  :58,  in  the  sea- 
son of  1912. 

Mr.  Tanner,  who  had  the  handling  of 
the  world's  greatest  trotter  in  all  of  his 
record  breaking  heats,  and  even  toured  Eu- 
rope with  him,  even  so  far  as  the  distant  land 
of  Russia,  exhibiting  him  before  the  crown 
heads  of  the  European  countries,  has  fre- 
quently given  Mr.  Proctor  great  credit  for 
the  condition  that  Uhlan  was  in  when  received 
by  him,  and  the  marvelous  performances 
which  he  afterwards  made.  It  is  due  to  Mr. 
Proctor  that  we  quote  what  Mr.  Tanner  'has 
said,'  as  follows : 

"I  want  to  pay  Proctor  the  compliment  of 
saying  that  the  condition  in  which  Uhlan  then 
was,  considering  what  had  been  done  with 
him,  was  the  best  possible  evidence  of  the 
skill  with  which  he  had  been  prepared  and 
trained.  While  it  was  reserved  for  me  to 
make  him  a  true  two-minute  trotter,  Proctor 
had  already  demonstrated  that  he  was  close 
to  one  in  the  Randall  track  race  in  which, 
trotting  outside  Hamburg  Belle  all  the  way, 
he  had  finished  at  her  throatlatch  in  2:01  1-4 
— which,  all  things  considered,  was  nearly,  if 
not  fully,  equal  to  a  dress  parade  mile  in  two 
minutes,  with  everything  in  his  favor. 

"He  came  into  my  hands  in  absolutely  per- 
fect physical  condition.  There  was  not  a 
pimple  visible  upon  his  legs,  he  was  stout  and 
fresh,  carrying  as  much  or  more  flesh  than 
when  I  first  saw  him  weeks  before,  and  'he 
had  all  his  'w^hizz.'  His  manners  also  testified 
to  the  care  with  which  he  had  been  educated. 
In  public  his  deportment  has  always  been  so 
good  that  few  people,  perhaps,  have  any  idea 
how  highly  organized  he  really  is. 

"I  hardly  need  to  say  that  any  horse  which 
trots  in  two  minutes  must  be  keyed  high,  but 
that  is  no  reason  why  they  should  not  have 
good  manners.  It  is  easy  to  render  them  bad- 
mannered,  however,  and  Uhlan  could  have 
been  spoiled  early  in  his  career,  had  he  not 
been  handled  judiciously.  He  is  not  only  high- 
strung,  with  a  decided  will  of  his  own,  but  he 
is  also  a  very  wise  horse — I  have  come  in  con- 


tact with  few  as  brainy  and  that  had  as  much 
true  individuality. 

"That  I  found  him  so  tractable  I  think  one 
of  the  most  creditable  things  in  connection 
with  his  development  and  something  upon 
which  Proctor  can  justly  pride  himself. 

"It  was  on  Wednesday  that  Uhlan  was 
bought  and  I  shipped  him  to  the  Randall 
track  at  once,  for  there  was  to  be  a  matinee 
there  the  next  Saturday  and  Mr.  Billings  was 
coming  on  from  New  York  to  take  his  first 
drive  behind  him.  This  being  the  case,  I  asked 
Proctor  to  be  on  hand  also,  in  order  that  he 
might  'put  us  next'  to  the  gelding's  pecul- 
iarities, which  he  did  exhaustively,  taking 
great  pains  to  explain  everything  which  he 
thought  would  be  essential  for  us  to  know. 

"The  day  in  question  proved  a  very  un- 
pleasant one,  cold  and  raw,  with  a  slow  track. 
In  consequence,  Mr.  Billings  did  little  more 
than  jog  Uhlan,  driving  him  a  mile  in 
2:14  3-4,  to  wagon,  only,  with  the  last  quarter 
in  30  3-4S.,  after  Proctor  had  driven  him  a 
mile  to  sulky  in  2  :os  1-2,  the  last  half  in 
I  :oi  1-2,  which  he  did  so  easily  that  Mr.  Bil- 
lings was  much  pleased  with  him. 

"About  his  shoeing.  It  has  already  been 
published  that  I  made  some  quite  radical 
changes  in  this  from  the  methods  employed 
by  Proctor,  so  I  may  as  well  say  that  I  did, 
but  in  doing  so  I  do  not  want  to  be  under- 
stood as  criticising  the  way  in  which  Proctor 
balanced  him.  When  a  trainer  can  do  what 
Proctor  did  with  Uhlan,  what  call  is  there  for 
criticism?  However,  he  balanced  him,  as  bal- 
anced he  certainly  must  have  been.  But  every 
trainer  has  his  own  ideas  of  gait  and  balance, 
and  likes  to  apply  them.  If  I  changed  Uhlan, 
it  was  not  because  I  wanted  to  criticise  Proc- 
tor, but  because  I  wanted  to  rig  the  horse 
my  way  and  see  if  he  would  not  go  good  so 
rigged.  It  shows  what  a  great  horse  he  was 
that  he  could  break  records  rigged  both  ways. 
Probably  if  he  was  then  to  have  passed  into 
the  hands  of  some  other  trainer,  he  might 
have  made  changes  in  him  to  correspond  with 
his  own  ideas,  and  he  would  have  continued 
to  break  records." 

Uhlan  was  trained  on  what  has  been  called 
the  "mile  upon  mile"  system.  Of  course  he 
was  given  some  brush  work,  but  the  most  he 
got  he  gave  himself.  He  did  this  the  days  he 
was  jogged.  It  was  his  habit  to  "light  out,"  in- 
variably, at  some  time  during  his  exercise, 
and  sprint  a  hundred  yards  or  so  about  as  fast 
ashe  could  go.  Sometimes  he  would  only  do 
this  once,  sometimes  he  would  do  it  two  or 
three  times,  and  he  was  generallv  allowed  to 
have  his  way  about  it.  This,  as  much  as  any- 
thmg,  made  him  always  have  his  speed  with 
him.     His  track  work  was  chiefly  given  him 


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with  a  view  of  cnahliiMi'  him  to  carry  his 
speed. 

Going  into  the  breeding  of  Uhlan,  it  is  found 
that  his  dam,  Blonde,  was  bred  by  Dr.  Harry 
L.  Alderman,  of  Lexington,  Mass.,  who  owned 
Brunette,  the  dam  of  Blonde,  which  he  pur- 
chased from  his  father.  Dr.  Alderman  says 
that  Blonde  had  plenty  of  spirit  and  a  will  of 
her  own.  It  would  never  do  to  flash  a  whip 
on  her.  She  had  a  lot  of  natural  speed,  and 
would  have  been  a  very  fast  trotter  had  she 
not  met  with  an  accident  when  she  was  a 
two-year-old  and  injured  one  of  her  hind 
legs,  which  proved  permanent  in  its  nature. 
He  tried  to  train  her,  but  after  she  got  to  a 
certain  point  in  her  training  this  trouble  al- 
ways developed,  and  he  gave  it  up  in  disgust. 
At  that,  right  out  of  his  road  wagon,  hitched 
to  a  sulky,  Jere  O'Neil  drove  her  a  quarter 
in  35  seconds. 

Uhlan  inherited  his  tremendous  speed,  as  is 
shown,  not  only  from  his  sire  and  dam,  but 
his  grand-dam,  Brunette,  as  well.  Trainer 
John  Trout,  for  a  number  of  years  manager 
of  the  Club  stables  at  Charles  River  Speed- 
way, drove  Brunette  in  all  her  races,  and 
gave  her  a  record  of  2:30  1-4. 

In  speaking  of  Brunette,  Mr.  Trout  gave 
her  career,  while  in  his  hands,  as  follows : 

"Brunette  was  a  black  mare,  standing  I 
should  say,  over  15  hands,  well  proportioned, 
and  carried  plenty  of  flesh  upon  her  ribs, 
good  all  over  till  you  got  down  to  her  hocks, 
which  were  pretty  bad,  and  she  gave  me  a 
good  deal  of  trouble  to  keep  her  in  racing 
form,  in  fact,  I  had  to  cocaine  her  very  freely 
in  order  to  get  her  to  race  at  all.  It  was  her 
weakness  here  that  was  the  ultimate  cause 
of  her  break-down.  She  was  sent  to  me  the 
Spring  of  1887,  when  I  and  my  son,  AUie, 
were  located  at  Mystic  Park.  She  was  then 
owned  by  Dan  Beckler.  I  had  seen  the  mare 
before  she  came  to  me,  at  Beacon  Park,  where 
she  impressed  me  favorably.  I  started  her  for 
the  first  time  in  a  2 150  class,  at  a  one-day 
meeting,  held  over  the  old  half-mile  track 
then  called  Norfolk  Park,  Readville,  Mass. 
This  was  on  June  17th,  and  she  won  very 
handily  in  straight  heats.  I  started  her  eight 
times  that  year  and  she  won  six  races  for  me. 
One  race  at  Haverhill  she  was  oS,  and  I  had 
to  draw  her  after  she  had  gone  four  or  five 
heats.  The  other  race  was  the  one  in  which 
she  broke  down  in  the  first  heat,  and  never 
afterwards  started. 

"She  was  trained  some  the  following 
Spring  by  Jock  Bowen  at  Mystic  Park,  but 
she  could  not  stand  the  prep.  She  was  a  game, 
level-headed  mare,  and  as  pleasant  a  driver  as 
I   ever  had   to   do  with.    She   never  made  a 


lireak,  was  absolutely  dependal)le  under  all 
circumstances  and  conditions,  and  I  could 
place  her  wherever  I  liked,  race  her  in  behind 
other  horses,  or  lay  her  along  beside  them, 
and  whenever  I  got  ready  to  move,  a 'cluck 
and  a  touch  of  the  whip  on  the  shoulder  was 
all  sufiicient.  She  knew  what  was  wanted  of 
her,  and  she  was  always  there  with  the  goods 
to  deliver. 

"As  a  matter  of  fact,  she  was  a  much  faster 
mare  than  her  record  would  indicate,  for  I 
drove  her  a  mile  in  a  work-out  over  the  Tilton 
(N.  H.)  half-mile  track  in  2:19  1-2,  timed  by 
at  least  two  outside  parties,  and  when  you  re- 
call that  those  were  high-wheel  sulky  days, 
you  will  appreciate  that  was  going  some. 

"Brunette  carried  her  head  quite  low,  with 
her  ears  pricked  forward,  as  if  she  had  her  at- 
tention fixed  on  something  ahead  of  her.  She 
was  a  good,  clean-gaited  trotter,  but  carried  her 
hind  feet  a  little  to  the  outside  in  passing  by 
her  front  feet.  She  had  fairly  good  action, 
but  not  excessive.  She  was  always  a  good 
doer,  never  missed  a  feed.  I  think  I  can  see 
some  of  her  gait  in  her  wonderful  grand-son, 
Uhlan,  though  she  never  had  the  high  action 
in  front  that  he  has. 

"Brunette  was  brought  from  Kentucky  with 
another  mare  by  W.  G.  France,  and  the  pair 
was  traded  to  Dick  McGlue  -  of  Lynn,  who 
drove  them  to  pole.  I  think  he  sold  her  to  a 
man  who  resided  near  Beacon  Park.  In  any 
event,  I  used  to  see  the  mare  over  there  be- 
fore she  came  into  the  possession  of  Dan 
Beckler.  Mr.  France,  I  believe,  tried  to  trace 
the  breeding  of  Brunette,  and  he  told  me  that 
he  learned  that  she  was  sired  by  a  saddle  horse, 
and  that  her  dam  was  trotting  bred.  This  is 
about  all  that  I  know  regarding  her  breeding, 
but  I  do  know  that  she  was  a  wonderful  trot- 
ter for  those  days." 

ARTHUR  H.  PARKER- -Breeder  of  Uhlan 

Since  his  advent  in  the  breeding  of  the 
light  harness  horse,  Mr.  Parker  has  made  a 
name  for  himself  with  the  topmost  breeders 
of  this  country.  At  Shawsheen  River  Farm, 
Bedford,  where  Uhlan  was  bred,  is  one  of 
the  best  locations  in  the  vicinity  of  Boston 
for  the  rearing  and  developing  of  young 
horses.  It  is  situated  on  an  elevation  that 
permits  of  one  to  look  for  miles  up  the 
valley  of  the  Shawsheen  River. 

On  the  farm  are  three  mansions,  as,  besides 
Mr.  Parker,  his  two  brothers  reside  in. 
homes  erected  and  furnished  with  the  ele- 
gance of  wealth.  Good,  commodious  barns 
contain  every  comfort  for  their  inmates,  as, 
besides  the  horses,  are  kept  a  herd  of  cows, 
the  milk  supply  being  sent  to  Boston.     The 


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land  is  in  the  highest  state  of  cultivation, 
considerable  of  it  being-  used  for  market 
gardening,  the  product  of  which  also  goes  to 
Boston. 

A  number  of  years  ago  Mr.  Parker  had 
training  stables  erected  on  a  plot  of  land  be- 
yond the  other  buildings,  and  close  by  was 
built  a  half-mile  track.  The  footing  on  il'iis 
track  is  excellent,  fully  ecjual  to  that  found 
on  any  two-lapped  course  in  the  country. 

It  is  here  that  Mr.  Parker,  with  his  trainer. 
Eddie  McGrath,  spends  his  happiest  hours  in 
developing  youngsters.  With  keen  eyes,  he 
watches  their  improvement.  Impromptu 
races  are  held  between  Mr.  Parker  and  his 
brothers  during  the  Summer  at  the  track. 
It  is  a  practice  for  each  to  pick  a  favorite 
youngster,  possibly  when  it  is  a  suckling  or 
a  yearling,  and  the  three  agree  to  a  match 
race  when  the  colts  are  either  two  or  three 
years  old.  Every  effort  is  exerted  in  bring- 
ing the  colts  to  the  wire  in  condition  to  win, 
each  taking  as  much  interest  in  his  pet  as 
though  to  win  a  big  futurity  stake  valued 
at  thousands  of  dollars.  Older  horses  in 
training  are  often  matched  one  day  to  race 
the  next,  one  of  the  brothers  possibly  believ- 
ing that  with  a  different  driver  the  horse 
will  be  able  to  trot  faster. 


When  Mr.  Parker  decided  to  become  the 
breeder  of  the  trotting  horse,  his  advent  was 
most  spectacular.  None  present  at  the 
Readville  sale  will  forget  his  purchase  of  the 
great  stallion,  Bingen,  2:06  1-4,  for  $32,000. 
it  was  immediately  recognized  that  a  new 
Roman  had  entered  the  breeding  field. 
Other  stallions  that  he  has  owned  were  AU-e- 
wood,  2:09  1-2;  The  Aloma,  2:10  1-4;  and 
Hal  Ensign,  2:15  1-2. 

In  1914,  the  stallions  the  property  of  Mr. 
Parker  were  Cochato  (3),  2:11  1-2;  Peter 
Red,  2:11  1-2;  Aquilin,  2:19  3-4;  and  Prince 
McKinney. 

While  Mr.  Parker  has  bred  less  than 
Sixty  foals,  therefore  not  a  large  breeder  by 
any  means,  yet  his  success  has  been  phenom- 
enal, as,  outside  of  U'hlan,  he  'has  bred, 
owned,  and  raced  the  following  performers 
of  note,  a  review  of  which  will  show  even  to 
the  novice  the  high  quality  of  the  material 
brought  out  at  Shawsheen  River  Farm : 

The  Huguenot,  2 107  3-4 ;  Billy  Patten, 
2:09  1-2;  Annie  Leyburn,  2:10  1-2;  Little 
Better,  2:11  1-4;  Aconite,  2:12  1-2;  Miss 
McGregor,  2:13;  Lexington  (matinee),  2:15; 
Susiewood,  2:15  1-4;  Czarine  Bingen, 
2:16  T-2;  Gun  Metal,  2:16  1-4;  The  Alder- 
man,  2:16   1-2;  Hazelwood,  2:19   1-4;   Peter 


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UHLAN  Defeating  HAMBURG  BELLE  in  Big  Race  at  Readville  Track  on  Sept.  3,  1909 
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Reed,  2:19  1-4;  Blackwood,  2:21  1-2;  Acco- 
!on,  2:191-4;  Joe  Idleman,  2:221-2;  Holly 
Tree  (i),  2:25  1-4;  Thomas  Aquinas  (3), 
2:21   1-4;  and  Cochato  Brave,  2:23  1-4. 

Mr.  Parker  served  on  the  board  of  direc- 
tors of  the  New  England  Trotting  Horse 
Breeders"  Association,  and  became  a  member 
o,"  the  Metropolitan  Driving  Club  in  1906. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Gentlemen's 
Driving  Club  of  Boston.  Frequentl}'  he 
slips  over  to  the  Charles  River  Speedway 
with  one  of  his  speedy  trotters,  a  two  or 
three-year-old,  and  captures  a  few  blue  rib- 
bons from  the  aged  trotters. 

Uhlan's  first  season  to  sleigh  will  be  re- 
membered by  those  who  saw  him  at  the 
speedway.  Other  victories  with  the  young- 
sters Mr.  Parker  owned  and  drove  there  were 
with  Aconite,  Gun  Metal,  The  Alderman,  etc. 
Mr.  Parker  resides  at  the  Shawsheen  River 
Farm,  Bedford,  Mass. 

ROBERT  C.  Proctor- -Trainer  of  Uhlan 

Much  could  l)e  written  of  Robert  C.  Proc- 
tor, the  man  who  took  Uhlan  the  Fall  he 
was  a  three-year-old,  and  developed  and 
raced  him  up  to  the  time  he  was  sold  to  Mr. 
Billings,  as  he  has  spent  his  entire  life  with 
horses. 

He  was  born  in  Lexington,  Ky.,  in  1857, 
and  received  his  education  in  the  local 
schools  of  his  native  city.  When  still  a  mere 
youth  he  engaged  with  H.  P.  McGrath,  of 
Lexington,  Ky.,  to  ride  running  horses.  He 
then  trained  colts  on  the  leading  stock  farms 
in  Kentucky  until  1893,  when  he  came  North, 
becoming  head  trainer  for  Frank  Jones  at 
Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  and  he  developed  and 
drove  in  races  while  there  Tom  Boy, 
2:10  1-2;  Mickey,  2:20;  Vendetta,  2:20  1-2; 
Forrester,  2:22  1-4;  Light  Moon,  with  which 
he  was  second  in  2:11,  etc. 

In  1897  he  opened  a  public  training  stable 
at  Readville  track,  where  he  is  still  located. 
Among  the  best  ones  he  developed  and  cam- 
paigned at  Readville,  to  the  close  of  1914, 
can  be  named  The  Leading  Lady,  which  he 
gave  a  world's  three-year-old  record  of  2  :o7 ; 
Sir  Todd,  2:10  3-4;  Nellie  Temple,  2:05  1-4; 
Albia,  2:083-4;  Bergen  (3),  2:101-2:  Bethel, 
2:161-4;  Miss  Pratt,  2:171-4;  Newton, 
2:17  1-..1  :  The  Minute  Man,  2:21  1-4;  Bismya. 
2:09  1-4,  winner  of  five  races  in  1813;  Bon 
Vivant  (3),  2:10  1-4;  High  Private  (3), 
2  -.2^  3-4,  etc.  Mr.  Proctor  resides  at  Read- 
ville, Mass. 


CHAPTER  n 

Incidents  in  the  Life  of  George  W. 
Leavitt,  the  Noted  Horsemati 

GEORGE  W.  LEAVITT,  New 
England's  foremost  horseman, 
was  born  in  Pembroke,  Me.  He 
left  home  when  twenty-one  years 
of  age  and  went  to  Readville, 
where  he  worked  in  an  iron  foundry  for  four 
years.  Then  he  returned  to  Pembroke  for  a 
year,  came  back  to  Boston  and  got  a  job 
as  conductor  on  the  horse  cars  that,  at  the 
time,  ran  on  Shawmut  Avenue.  After  this  he 
sold  lubricating  oils  on  the  road.  Dogs  got  to 
be  his  stronghold  for  a  while.  He  owned  the 
champion  of  them  all,  the  Irish  setter  Elcho, 
Jr.,  and  his  full  sister,  Norine,  2d.  Elcho  was 
exhibited  all  over  the  country,  winning  blues, 
until  finally  Mr.  Leavitt  sold  him  to  Dr.  Jar- 
vis,  of  Claremont,  N.  H.,  for  $1,775. 

From  his  first  years  of  understanding  he 
was  passionately  fond  of  a  good  horse;  in 
fact,  when  in  his  boyhood  days,  the  only  way 
that  his  father  could  get  him  to  do  any  work 
was  by  bringing  a  horse  into  the  occa- 
sion. Whenever  the  senior  Mr.  Leavitt  could 
spot  a  wood  pile  a  long  way  from  home,  he 
would  buy,  with  the  object  of  having  George 
kept  busy  and  out  of  mischief  in  hauling  it. 
Then  when  selling  oils,  he  became  more  and 
more  identified  with  horses,  till  finally  he  gave 
up  the  road  and  devoted  his  entire  time  to 
his  fancy. 

In  his  chosen  vocation  Mr.  Leavitt  met 
with  pronounced  success,  not  only  for  him- 
self, but  for  those  who  used  his  keen  horse 
judgment  in  obtaining  stallions  and  brood 
mares  for  stock  farms,  or  racing  material  with 
the  object  of  capturing  rich  stakes  on  the  turf. 

It  was  through  his  judgment  that  Col.  John 
E.  Thayer  bought  Ralph  Wilkes,  2  :o6  3-4, 
that  held,  with  Bingen,  2  :o6  1-4,  the  world's 
trotting  record  for  five-year-old  stallions  of 
2  :o6  3-4,  and  later  he  induced  Colonel  Thayer 
to  purchase  Baron  Wilkes,  2:18,  acting  as  his 
agent  in  securing  the  two  famous  stallions.  It 
was  Mr.  Leavitt  who  prevailed  on  J.  Malcolm 
Forbes  to  buy  Bingen,  who  got  Charles  Whit- 
temore  to  bring  May  King,  2  :20,  from  Ken- 
tucky, who  bought  and  managed  successfully 
a  racing  stable  for  A.  S.  Bigelow,  and  who 
was  entirely  responsible  for  the  purchase  of 
Peter  the  Great,  2:07  1-4,  by  his  present 
owner. 

These  are  a  few  examples  of  his  keenness 
in  picking  the  wheat  from  the  chafif  when 
buying  weanlings,  yearlings  and  two-year- 
olds,  as  the  majority  of  his  purchases  have 
been.    Just   to   resume    for   a   moment,   there 


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passed  through  his  hands  when  young  and  un- 
tried the  noted  Sadie  Mac,  2:06  1-4;  Todd, 
2:14  3-4,  sold  for  $30,000  at  auction;  Early 
Bird,  2:10,  one  of  the  best  race  horses  ever 
brought  to  New  England;  Cochato,  2:11  1-2, 
winner  of  the  $10,000  Charter  Oak  Futurity ; 
Bob  Douglas,  2 104  1-2,  winner  of  the  same 
stake  and  bred  by  Mr.  Leavitt ;  Dolly  Bid- 
well,  2:081-2,  winner  of  the  $10,000  Roger 
Williams  stake ;  Guinette,  2 105 ;  Gordon 
Prince,  2:05  1-2;  Will  Leyburn,  2:06;  Terrill 
S.,  2  :o8  1-4,  etc.,  and  with  one  or  two  excep- 
tions all  picked  when  in  their  colthood  days. 

Mr.  Leavitt  has  never  personally  trained 
horses,  still  the  fact  is  generally  known  that 
he  directs  the  amount  of  work  and  care  which 
those  under  his  management  are  given  by  his 
trainer.  To  a  single  move  he  is  the  "boss"  in 
what  shall  be  done  on  the  track  and  in  the 
stable.  Even  is  this  carried  so  far  by  him  that 
so  far  as  possible  he  dictates  to  the  trainer 
how  he  wishes  the  races  driven.  How  won- 
derful is  his  judgment  in  this  sphere  of  the 
horse  proposition  has  been  proved  through 
his  success  with  a  racing  stable  of  his  own, 
under  Jere  O'Neil,  and  later  in  the  manage- 
ment of  whatever  other  horses  he  has  con- 
trolled when  being  campaigned. 

As  the  manager  of  stallions  in  service  he 
certainly  is  king.  In  the  line  of  a  "stud  boss 
man"  his  repuation  cannot  be  equaled.  There 
have  been  Bill  Simmons  with  his  George 
Wilkes,  2  :22,  Williams  with  AUerton,  2  :09  1-4, 
Nelson  with  his  namesake.  Nelson,  2  roQ,  but 
there  has  never  before  been  a  Leavitt,  or  his 
like,  in  the  bringing  forward  to  the  limelight 
of  publicity  a  stallion. 

"Give  Leavitt  a  well-bred  stud  and  he  will 
fill  his  book  in  a  country  where  mares  are 
scarce  as  hen's  teeth,"  is  a  saying  among  those 
who  are  acquainted  with  what  he  has  done 
with  the  stallions  that  have  been  placed  under 
his  jurisdiction. 

He  was  the  father  of  Bingen  when  in  the 
stud  at  the  Forbes'  Farm;  he  was  the  father 
of  Todd  when  in  Kentucky  and  at  the  John- 
son Farm,  and  he  fathered  Cochato  in  Ken- 
tucky and  at  the  Johnson  Farm. 

How  much  Mr.  Leavitt  is  appreciated  by 
the  Kentucky  horsemen  is  related  by  An- 
drew G.  Leonard,  the  prominent  Kentucky 
turf  correspondent,  as  follows : 

"When  Mr.  Leavitt  purchased  Bingen, 
the  colt,  while  a  fast  youngster,  had  attracted 
practically  no  attention  among  the  horsemen 
m  Kentucky,  in  fact  he  was  criticised  for 
what  was  termed  his  lack  of  judgment.  After 
Bingen  had  trotted  in  his  two-year-old  form, 
in  2:121-2,  and  had  shown  his  ability  to 
lower  the  then  existing  two-vear-old   record 


held  by  Arion,  his  judgment  was  applauded, 
and  when  in  after  years  this  wonderful  stal- 
lion had  founded  the  greatest  family  in  the 
trotting  register,  had  sired  the  peerless 
Uhlan,  the  greatest  of  all  trotters,  and  had 
seen  his  sons  and  grandsons  famous  in  the 
stud,  a  full  realization  was  had  of  Mr. 
Leavitt's  foresight.  He  is  practically  respon- 
sible for  the  Bingen  tribe,  for  the  probabili- 
ties are  that  the  colt  in  other  hands  would 
never  have  become  a  great  race  horse,  nor 
would  he  in  all  likelihood  have  found  the  op- 
portunities that  were  given  him  in  his  New 
England  home. 

"In  developing  Todd  into  a  speed  marvel 
in  his  colthood,  and  in  sending  the  son  of 
Bingen  and  Fanella  to  Kentucky,  Mr. 
Leavitt  made  it  possible  for  this  wonderful 
horse  to  become  the  most  phenomenal  sire 
of  his  age  who  ever  lived.  The  influence 
made  by  Todd  on  the  breeding  industry  in 
Kentucky  is  incalculable,  for  while  this  horse 
died  when  verv  young  and  made  but  three 
seasons  in  the  Blue  Grass  state,  he  numbers 
among  the  members  of  his  family  many 
champions.  He  himself  in  the  first  genera- 
tion was  an  extraordinary  success,  while  his 
sons  and  grandsons,  his  daughters  and  his 
granddaughters  have  found  places  in  almost 
every  important  breeding  establishment  in 
the  land. 

"Perhaps  the  most  notable  achievement  in 
his  career  as  a  horseman  was  the  selection  of 
The  Northern  Man,  which  he  owns  in  part- 
nership with  John  W.  Nash,  proprietor  of 
Sledmere  Farm.  Lexington,  Ky.  Here  was 
a  horse  who,  while  he  was  beautifully  bred 
and  a  speed  marvel  as  a  youngster,  had 
through  adverse  circumstances  been  practi- 
cally forgotten.  George  Leavitt  believing 
firmly  in  his  ability  as  a  sire,  purchased  a 
controlling  interest  in  him  and  immediately 
set  to  work  to  vindicate  his  judgment.  His 
first  step  was  to  give  the  horse  a  record,  and 
although  suffering  from  an  ailment  incurred 
by  injudicious  handling  in  his  colthood,  the 
stallion  gained  a  mark  of  2:061-2  with  less 
work  than  is  usually  given  a  horse  in  prepar- 
ing him  for  a  mile  in  2 :30.  After  this  had 
been  accomplished  Mr.  Leavitt,  v\dio  is  by 
all  odds  the  shrewdest  manager  of  a  trotting 
stallion  who  ever  lived,  brought  to  his  horse 
many  of  the  most  noted  brood  mares  in  the 
land,  and  today  there  is  no  more  popular  sire 
in  Kentucky,  or  one  who  has  a  greater  num- 
ber of  richly-bred  promising  youngsters  of 
individuality  and  speed. 

"George  W.  Leavitt  is  not  only  a  practical 
horseman,  but  he  has  all  the  theoretical 
knowledge  that  is  so  essential  in  the  success 


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of  a  breeder.  He  possesses  that  intuition 
which  prompts  him  to  choose  the  best  ma- 
terial at  an  undeveloped  age.  and  without 
which  no  great  horseman  is  ever  found.  His 
extraordinary  success  in  selecting  really 
wonderful  horses  has  had  nothing  to  do  with 
luck,  for  so  unerring  is  his  judgment,  so  pro- 
found his  information,  so  keen  his  eye  for  the 
good  quahties  of  a  horse,  that  he  has  been 
able  to  select  prizes  in  the  way  of  horse  ilesh, 
which  others  would  have  overlooked.  He 
understands  the  breeding  problem  thorough- 
ly, recognizes  blood  lines  which  nick  well  to- 
gether, is  a  rare  judge  of  individuality,  is 
quick  to  see  unsoundness  and  has  no  su- 
perior, if  indeed  he  has  an  equal,  as  a  judge 
of  gait.  It  can  truthfully  be  said  of  George 
Leavitt  that  he  is  a  practical  all  around  horse- 
man, with  few  equals  and  no  superiors,  and 
these  qualities  are  extremely  rare.  His  repu- 
tation for  integrity  can  best  be  realized  from 
the  fact  that  he  has  the  largest  clientele  of 
any  man  in  New  England  and,  probably  in 
the  United  States,  and  the  men  that  have 
dealt  with  him  continue  to  do  so,  trusting 
implicitly  in  his  judgment  and  his  loyalty  to 
their  interests. 

"Personally  he  is  the  best  of  companions, 
with  a  fund  of  information  regarding  the 
horse,  a  ready  wit,  which  has  made  him 
many  friends  and  has  never  wounded.  He 
numbers  among  his  acquaintances  many  of 
the  most  influential  men  of  aiifairs  in  this 
country,  his  advice  is  constantly  sought,  and 
his  judgment  deferred  to.  He  has  seen  the 
great  trotters  and  pacers  of  the  past  and  the 
present,  and  his  breeding  operations,  now 
conducted  more  extensively  than  ever  in  his 
life,  are  bound  to  have  an  influence  on  pos- 
terity." 

Up  to  twenty-four  years  ago  Mr.  Leavitt 
was  a  moderate  drinker,  a  habit  he  began 
when  a  boy  in  Maine  and  followed  up  to  the 
time  named,  since  when  not  a  drop  of  liquor, 
wine  or  malt  has  passed  his  lips.  This  swear- 
ing ofif  came  through  a  particular  friend  of 
his,  John  H.  Kimball,  of  Hillsboro,  N.  H., 
betting  one  day  in  the  Quincy  House  in  Bos- 
ton with  Mr.  Leavitt  that  he  could  not  go  a 
year  without  drinking. 

Well,  the  $i,occ — $500  each — was  placed  in 
the  safe  at  the  hotel.  When  the  year  was  out 
Mr.  Leavitt  mailed  a  check  to  Mr.  Kimball 
for  the  amount  he  had  wagered,  as  the  win- 
ning of  it  was  so  soft  that  he  did  not  feel  like 
accepting  his  friend's  money.  It  was,  too,  be- 
cause it  was  so  easy  for  him  to  get  along 
without  it  that  from  that  time  he  has  never 
indulged. 

Mr.  Leavitt  frequently  mentions  happenings 


a  couple  of  which  may  not  prove  uninterest- 
ing, as  follows : 

"It  was  at  Mystic  Park  when  Jere  O'Neil 
had  the  three-year-old  Lycurgus.  Arriving  at 
the  track  with  a  party  in  a  barouche,  Jere  in- 
formed me  that  he  wasn't  going  to  start  the 
colt,  as  there  were  thirteen  in  the  race,  and  he 
had  no  chance  of  winning  even  a  piece  of  the 
purse.  I  told  him  to  start.  It  had  cost  me  $50 
to  parade  with  that  bunch,  and  I  intended  to 
get  a  race  for  my  money.  When  it  came  to 
drawing  positions,  Lycurgus  was  given  last 
place  to  score  from. 

"A  nephew  of  mine  was  at  the  track.  I 
was  particularly  anxious  to  keep  him  away 
from  the  barouche,  so  we  could  enjoy  our- 
selves. Thus  it  was  when  he  came  over  and 
said  that  Lycurgus  was  only  selling  for  a  dol- 
lar in  pools  of  over  a  hundred,  I  told  him  to 
go  over  and  buy  some  in  order  to  get  rid  of 
him.  Lycurgus  won  the  race,  however,  and 
my  nephew  had  bought  nine  of  those  tickets. 
Perhaps  the  welkin  didn't  ring  that  night." 

For  a  great  number  of  years  the  police  of 
Boston  had  been  bothered  by  citizens  being 
held  up  and  robbed  when  crossing  the  South 
Boston  bridge  of  evenings.  One  of  the  first 
to  make  the  plan  successful,  and  one  of  the 
few  holdups  in  which  the  police  were  not  noti- 
fied, was  carried  through  by  Mr.  Leavitt.  It 
happened  in  this  way : 

Through  hard  work  he  had  sold  a  horse  for 
a  resident  of  the  State  of  Vermont,  the  mu- 
tual agreement  having  been  that  were  a  sale 
made  Mr.  Leavitt  was  to  receive  $50  for  his 
commission.  This  Vermonter  was  well  known 
for  his  "snug"  habits,  never  a  dollar  being 
known  to  escape  him  without  just  cause  and 
extreme  necessity.  The  afternoon  of  the  sale 
Mr.  Leavitt  asked  his  man  to  devote  the  time 
before  he  left  for  home  in  seeing  Prof.  Glea- 
son  in  his  taming  act  with  unmanageable 
horses,  who  was  then  giving  two  shows  daily 
up  near  Dover  Street. 

During  the  performance  the  Vermonter 
dug  into  his  pocket  and  brought  out  a  shining 
five-dollar  gold  piece  and  handed  it  to  Mr. 
Leavitt,  saying  that  it  was  all  he  could  pay 
for  the  horse  sale,  as  matters  had  gone  dif- 
ferent from  what  he  expected.  During  the 
show  Mr.  Leavitt  was  quietly  chewing  on  the 
measly  way  that  he  had  been  used.  Finally, 
when  the  performance  had  concluded,  Mr. 
Leavitt,  in  place  of  taking  the  Vermonter 
back  into  the  center  of  the  city,  started  out 
over  the  South  Boston  bridge.  Being  a  stran- 
ger, the  Vermonter  confidently  trudged  along 
the  way  he  was  being  led. 

Reaching  the  middle  of  the  bridge,  and  the 
darkest  spot,  Mr.  Leavitt  suddenly  stopped, 
pushed  the  A^ermonter  up  against  the  rail,  and 


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firmly  told  liini  tluU  unless  he  handed  over  the 
remainder  of  that  fifty  plunks  he  never  would 
pass  off  that  bridge  alive.  The  Vermonter 
noted  Mr.  Leavitt's  determined  air,  saw  that 
no  person  was  in  sight,  hesitated  only  a  min- 
ute, and  then  produced  the  goods. 

From  that  day  to  this  he  has  never  men- 
tioned the  occurrence  to  Mr.  Leavitt,  though 
both  have  repeatedly  met,  nor  did  it  break 
friendship  in  the  slightest  degree. 

Had  he  but  known,  however,  Mr.  Leavitt 
asserts  that  had  the  Vermonter  shown  fight, 
he  was  all  ready  to  do  a  stiff  sprint,  himself, 
across  that  bridge. 

Once  when  he  had  Jere  O'Neil  racing 
R.  M.  Wilkes  at  the  Narragansett  Park  (it 
was  during  a  fair  and  there  was  no  betting). 
Trainer  Colonel  Jas.  Galvin  asked  Mr.  Leav- 
itt to  please  drop  a  heat  so  he  could  mark  a 
stallion  he  was  starting  in  the  race,  and  which 
he  had  been  in  sore  straits  in  giving  a  record 
better  than  2  :30.  It  was  agreed  on.  It  so  oc- 
curred that  one  of  the  judges  was  Major  P.  P. 
Johnston,  president  of  the  National  Trotting 
Association.  The  heat  was  back  in  2  :28  3-4. 
Immediately  Jere  v^'as  called  in  the  stand  to 
explain  why  he  was  defeated  in  so  slow  time. 
Mr.  Leavitt,  seeing  that  something  was  going 
on,  followed  up.  He  then  told  Mr.  Johnston 
just  the  whole  story  of  dropping  the  heat  to 
accommodate  Colonel  Galvin. 

"I  never  in  my  life  heard  anything  like 
that,"  declared  Mr.  Johnston.  "You  come  up 
here  and  tell  the  judges  that  before  the  heat 
you  told  your  driver  plainly  not  to  win,  but 
to  deliberately  pull  his  horse.  It  is  most  aston- 
ishing." 

"Well,"  replied  Mr.  Leavitt,  "I'm  not  to 
blame  if  nobody  has  ever  told  you  the  truth 
before,  am  I  ?" 

To  this  day  Mr.  Leavitt  firmly  believes  that 
it  was  his  retort  to  Major  Johnston  that 
caused  the  judges  to  soak  him  a  hundred  dol- 
lars fine  for  having  his  horse  pulled,  and 
placing  a  penalty  of  another  hundred  on  the 
horse  for  getting  pulled  in  the  race. 

A  partial  list  of  the  horses,  not  before  men- 
tioned, that  have  passed  through  Mr. 
Leavitt's  hands  follov,'s : 

Ituna,  2:10;  Jasper  Ayers,  2:09;  Larabie, 
2:12  3-4;  Allen  Lowe,  2:12;  Allie  Snell, 
2:14  3-4;  Roster,  2:12  1-4;  Tuna,  2:12  1-4; 
Wistful,  2:11  1-2;  Kwanon,  2:12  1-4;  Zem- 
bia,  2:11  1-4;  Darnette,  2:12  1-4;  Fanella, 
2:13;  Bingen,  Jr.,  2:13  3-4;  Alice  Drake, 
2:14  1-4;  Rondo,  Jr.,  2:12  1-2;  Erskine 
Reed,  2:12  1-4;  Utility,  2:13;  Edgardo, 
2:13  3-4;  Tomah,  2:10;  Lucy  Carr  (4}, 
2:14  1-4;  Gaiety  Girl,  2:15,  dam  of  four  in 
the    list    and    grandam    of    Lee    Axworthy, 


2:08  1-4;  Regent's  Last 
or      better ;      Nosegay, 
2:12  1-4;  Clayhontas,  2 
2:16    1-2;    Merry    Bird 
2:15   1-4;  Nellie  Boca 
2:17  1-2;  Red  Clifif,  2:1 
])eror  Wilkes,  2  :20  3-4 ; 
Diamond,  2:15;  Fannie 
Mr.  Leavitt  resides  at 


dam  of  five  in  2  130 

2:13;  Pussy  Cat, 
II  1-4;  Frank  Jones, 
2:16  1-2;  Achille, 
(3),  2:18;  Coh'annet, 
8;  Driver,  2:19;  Em- 
Tom  Phair,  2:14  1-4; 

Swope,  2:19  1-4,  etc. 

Readville,  Mass. 


CHAPTER  III 


Jimmie  Carpenter  Sits  in  a  "Gen- 
tleman's" Game  of  Poker, 
and  What  Happened 

ANEW  ENGLAND  trainer,  known 
far  and  wide,  is  James  Carpenter, 
of  Readville,  who,  during  his  turf 
career  of  about  fifty  years,  has 
driven  horses  to  victory  over  all 
the  prominent  tracks  of  this  country,  the 
purses  of  which  have  run  as  high  as  $10,000. 
There  are  few  knowing  Mr.  Carpenter  that 
would  even  suggest  his  having  a  swelled  head, 
but  here  is  a  story  of  a  race  in  which,  from 
Mr.  Carpenter's  own  words,  he  did  feel  a  lit- 
tle chesty.  This  is  how  it  happened,  and  the 
plot  was  laid  over  the  Woonsocket,  R.  I., 
track : 

In  one  of  the  events  was  a  trotting  mare 
called  Betsy  Bets,  and  her  owner  being  a 
prominent  Frenchman  of  that  town,  those  of 
that  nationality  for  miles  around  flocked  to 
the  course  to  see  her  win.  Each  and  every  one 
of  them  had  to  have  a  pool  ticket  on  their 
champion.  Two  heats  were  decided,  and  in 
place  of  leading  the  party  Betsy  Bets  came 
straggling  in  away  in  the  rear  both  times. 

Something  had  to  be  done,  or  all  of  the 
French  money  was  burnt  up.  Carpenter  was 
approached  to  see  if  he  would  take  the  mount. 
He  did,  and  pulled  off  the  race  in  the  three 
following  heats.  Imagine  the  great  excitement 
at  the  conclusion  of  the  race  among  the 
Frenchmen,  and  Carpenter  was. in  the  center 
of  the  turmoil.  When  he  got  to  the  mare's 
stall  it  was  even  worse,  if  possible,  some  of 
the  Frenchmen  and  their  wives  fairly  falling 
on  his  neck  with  joy.  On  all  sides  could  be 
heard  cries  of  how  he  was  the  best  driver  in 
the  whole  country.  Carpenter  at  that  mo- 
ment really  thought  he  was. 

All  of  this  time  the  owner  and  the  mare 
had  been  left  in  the  lurch.  Nothing  was  said 
of  the  mare,  while  the  owner  stood'  to  one  side 
unnoticed.  The  great  hurrah  over  Carpenter 
finally  jarred  the  owner's  nerves  so  he  could 
hold  in  no  longer,  and  stepping  up  to  Carpen- 
ter he  said :    "You  tink  you  one  hell  driver. 


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yes  !  I  tell  you  i  tink  good  horse,  good  driver ; 
no  good  horse,  bad  driver." 

Carpenter  says  that  the  Frenchman  being 
an  oracle  among  his  people,  his  words  had  the 
desired  effect  with  the  crowd,  but  no  more  so 
than  the  shift  in  his  own  feelings,  which  in- 
stantly dropped  from  away  above  par  to  the 
zero  notch.  Besides  this,  the  longer  he  has 
been  in  the  training  business  the  more  from 
year  to  year  he  has  realized  the  entire  truth 
of  what  the  Frenchman  said  that  aay  at  me 
Woonsocket  track.  Nobody  could  ever  accuse 
Jimmie's  head  of  swelling  since,  either. 

If  there  is  one  thing  Carpenter  had  rather 
do  than  eat  it  is  to  have  a  social  game  of 
cards;  about  a  three-dollar  limit  suits  him  to 
the  king's  taste.  It  is  notorious,  too,  that  while 
an  expert  with  the  pasteboards,  yet  Dame  For- 
tune has  a  habit  of  grinning  at  the  other 
chaps  in  the  game.  Any  person  less  good- 
natured  than  Carpenter  would  be  calling  on 
all  of  the  gods  of  wrath  at  the  way  good  hands 
went  wrong.  Being  indifferent,  though,  he 
simply  keeps  the  attention  of  those  present 
to — "There,  that  is  the  kind  of  luck  I  have; 
just  to  get  a  full  house  now  when  a  bigger  one 
is  out.  Did  you  ever  see  anything  like  it  in 
your  life?" 

But  an  incident  occurred  at  the  opening 
meeting  at  Rigby  Park  (catastrophe,  Jim 
would  say).  Most  of  the  horsemen  were 
stopping  at  the  Preble  House,  and  in  the  even- 
ing quite  a  good  game  of  poker  was  started, 
there  were  nine  in  the  game.  Being  all  jack- 
pots none  would,  in  this  instance,  open  the  pot, 
and  the  stem  had  been  sweetened  fifty  cents 
by  each  at  the  table.  The  dealer  was  one 
whom  Carpenter  had  taught  the  mysteries  of 
poker  about  a  year  before — that  is  a  few 
moves  toward  the  simpler  points  of  how  the 
hands  came  in  the  way  of  rank  in  winning 
when  the  show-down  came,  and  by  the  way 
the  novice  was  a  well  known  turf  reporter. 

Sitting  under  the  guns,  next  to  the  dealer, 
was  Jimmie  ;  just  beyond  him  was  Frank  New- 
hall,  owner  of  Bunco,  Jr.,  2:12  1-2;  then  came 
Allen  Lowe,  at  the  time  on  the  Boston  Globe, 
while  around  the  table  were  horsemen  of  note. 
The  story  weaves  about  the  ones  mentioned. 
Jim  had  three  aces  all  the  time,  but  passed  to 
get  a  play.  Newhall  was  strong,  he  supposed, 
with  three  kings.  Lowe  had  a  likely  looking 
four  flush.  Thinking  to  raise  the  one  who 
would  open  the  pot,  Newhall,  like  Jim,  also 
passed.  None  of  the  rest  had  jacks  or  better, 
so  it  went  to  the  dealer,  who  tossed  a  five- 
dollar  chip  into  the  center  of  the  table,  and 
the  play  was  on. 

Right  oft'  the  reel  Jim  boosted  it  a  "fiver" 
more,  putting  in  a  couple  of  blues,  and  New- 
hall gave   the  pot  a   further   toss   with  three 


blues.  Lowe  studied  his  hand  for  a  minute 
and  then  stayed  for  the  fifteen  dollars.  All 
of  the  rest  passed.  The  dealer  certainly  had 
opened  with  something  choice,  as  he  saw  the 
raises  and  went  five  better.  Again  Jim  raised. 
Newhall  only  stayed,  as  did  Lowe.  The  deal- 
er came  back  with  another  raise,  which  caused 
Carpenter  to  just  stay,  as  did  the  other  two. 

Jim  took  two  cards,  Newhall  the  same,  while 
Lowe  and  the  dealer  called  for  one.  The 
dealer  immediately  bet  a  blue,  and  Jim  raised 
him  one;  Newhall  called,  he  having  so  much 
money  in  the  pot,  while  Lowe  passed,  not  hav- 
ing filled.  The  dealer  was  full  of  confidence 
and  came  back  at  Jim  again,  causing  the  latter 
to  call,  and  so  did  Newhall.  The  dealer  showed 
down  an  ace-high  heart  flush,  and  swept  in 
the  pot. 

The  deal  had  passed  around  to  Lowe  when 
suddenly  Carpenter  said  to  the  novice  that  he 
should  not  have  forgotten  when  splitting 
openers,  in  drawing  to  a  flush,  to  put  his  dis- 
card so  as  to  show  it  after  the  play  was  over. 
This  to  prove  he  had  openers. 

"But  I  didn't  have  a  pair  in  my  hand  to 
split,"  replied  the  novice. 

"What  in  the  world  did  you  open  that  pot  on 
then  ?"  inquired  our  worthy  Jim. 

"Why,  I  had  four  hearts  and  caught  the 
ace.  What  is  the  matter ;  isn't  this  a  gentle- 
man's game?"  Well,  the  yell  that  went  forth 
when  the  explanation  was  made  could  have 
been  heard  clear  to  the  race  track.  On  Jim's 
part  he  was  left  guessing  whether  the  novice 
was  bluffing  him  or  telling  the  truth.  The 
story  of  the  poker  hand  got  noised  around, 
and  for  weeks  everybody  was  asking  Carpen- 
ter if  he  had  sat  in  another  gentleman's  game. 

Twenty-five  or  more  years  ago  it  was  gen- 
erally considered  that  over  the  half-mile  tracks 
everything  "went."  Of  course,  in  time  the 
practice  wiped  the  majority  of  the  two-lap 
circuits  off  the  racing  map,  but  while  it  lasted 
it  was  the  case  of  the  big  fish  eating  the  small- 
er ones.  The  following  trick  Carpenter  turned 
in  a  race  over  the  Lawrence,  Mass.,  track,  and 
it  can  be  illustrated  under  the  caption  of  "Dia- 
mond cut  Diamond."  While  the  caption  has 
been  used  before,  it  is  the  one  best  to 
describe  how  Jimmie  handed  the  wise  men  a 
lemon. 

Among  the  horses  Jim  landed  at  the  meet- 
ing with  was  the  chestnut  trotter,  Archie  B., 
2.18  1-4.  The  owners  attempted  to  buy  a  few 
tickets  on  the  horse,  but  his  merits  had  pre- 
ceded him,  and  the  frame-up  was  not  consid- 
ered necessary  to  count  in  the  owners.  The 
judges  had  got  the  tip  to  make  Archie  B.  win 
at  all  hazards.  In  the  same  event  Henry  Pope 
had  Pilot.  It  looked  like  he  was  the  next  best 
in  the  lot,  so  when  the  betting  started  with 


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Archie  B.  selling  choice  at  $ioo,  Pilot  for  $50, 
and  the  field  at  half  that  sum,  Carpenter  and 
his  party  played  Pilot. 

While  a  pair  of  four-ounce  sinkers  had  been 
placed  on  Archie  B.,  it  was  considered  that  in 
the  case  of  putting  up  another  driver  it  might 
not  prove  enough  to  be  any  cinch  of  his  los- 
ing. Two  heats  Pilot  had  gathered  to  his 
credit,  and  there  was  bother  brewing  in  the 
air.  Before  the  third  heat  Carpenter  had  the 
groom  take  off  the  wheels  on  the  high-wheel 
sulky  and  slip  some  washers  on  the  axle  next 
to  the  shoulder.  Then  the  nuts  were  tightened 
so  the  wheels  could  barely  turn  with  Carpen- 
ter's weight  on  the  sulky,  and  out  they  marched 
for  the  verdict. 

It  came,  in  Charley  Drew,  the  starting  judge, 
requesting  Carpenter  to  turn  his  gelding  over 
to  "Uncle  Jock"  Bowen.  For  one  turn  of  the 
track  Archie  B.  and  Pilot  raced  head  and  head. 
Then  the  "fixings"  told  its  story  and  the  for- 
mer began  tiring  so  that  at  the  three-quarters 
he  was  absolutely  out  of  the  race.  A  big 
hustle  was  then  made  to  have  ail  the  pools 
declared  off.  Those  on  the  inside  expected 
the  judges  would  give  them  the  usual  heads 
I  win,  tails  you  lose,  two-headed  cent  decision, 
but  the  suckers  had  been  bitten  so  often  at 
that  play  it  certainly  looked  like  serious  trou- 
ble if  the  Pilot's  tickets  were  not  paid  in  full. 
After  sizing  the  temper  of  the  crowd  the  offi- 
cials in  the  stand  announced  the  heat  and  race, 
and  "cashing  in"  was  in  order.  It  was  the 
first  time  that  tightening  sulky  wheels  with 
washers  had  been  tried.  The  following  week 
Archie  B.  was  a  close  second  to  Martha  Wilkes 
in  2:18,  which  caused  "Uncle  Jock"  to  de- 
clare that  Carpenter  had  forgotten  to  washer 
his  wheels. 

At  another  time,  however.  Carpenter  got 
whip-sawed  in  a  lively  fashion.  He  had  a  rare 
good  green  trotter  that  had  shown  so  fast  it 
was  thought  best  to  slip  off  to  a  section"  where 
he  was  not  known  by  the  speculators.  To  the 
Oil  Circuit  was  the  game.  In  the  opening 
betting  the  Providence  gelding  went  for  little, 
but  the  steady  flow  of  money  by  the  few  be- 
hind him  gradually  advanced  his  price  till  he 
sold  favorite  against  the  whole  field.  Among 
the  starters  was  a  little  poke  of  a  mare;  a 
sorry-looking  plug.  Her  sulky  was  a  home- 
made affair,  with  straight  axle  and  wobbly 
wheels,  and  the  harness  cheap,  she  was  not 
even  figured  in  the  betting,  but  was  the  butt 
of  jokes  from  the  grooms  and  the  race-track 
regulars.  When  the  word  "go"  was  given, 
though,  off  slipped  the  rube  to  the  front  with 
his  despised  trotter,  and  was  never  headed  in 
the  race,  taking  a  record  of  2 129  3-4.  The 
Providence  delegation  tried  to  settle  with  rube 


before  the  conclusion  of  the  race,  but  he  plain- 
ly informed  them  that  he  stood  to  win  about 
every  cent  in  the  pool  box.  The  following  day 
this  same  little  mare  was  started  in  the  2  :28 
class,  and  won,  reducing  her  record  to  2  r23  1-4. 
The  Carpenter  crowd  returned  home  much 
dejected  and  declaring  that  they  had  run 
against  a  ringer.  It  turned  out  everything 
was  all  right,  as  the  mare  was  Justine,  by 
Benediction. 


CHAPTER    rV 

History  of  the  Old-Time  Race 
Tracks  in  Greater  Boston 


w 


HILE  most  of  the  horsemen  of 
today  are  familiar  with  the  his- 
tory of  Readville  and  Com- 
bination Parks,  yet  it  is  well,  as 
a  matter  of  record,  to  give  the 
story  of  each  in  the  account  of  the  race  tracks 
that  have  been  constructed  in  the  Metropolitan 
District  of  Boston.  From  the  time  of  the 
opening  of  the  South  End  Driving  Park  to  the 
present  period,  there  have  been  many  changes 
brought  about,  as  the  following  article  amply 
attests : 

Old  Saugus  race  track  was  for  years  known 
as  Franklin  Park.  It  is  one  of  the  oldest  race 
courses  in  the  country.  In  the  Fall  of  1857 
the  park  was  finished,  and  Dr.  Timothy  H. 
Smith,  the  proprietor,  held  a  fair  upon  the 
grounds;  John  Sherman  of  "old-time  memory" 
managed  it  the  next  season ;  Samuel  Emerson 
had  it  in  1859,  and  Hitchcock  &  Emerson  in 
i860. 

In  1861  Lyme  Hitchcock  had  it  alone,  and 
these  were  tip-top  races,  and  the  season  was 
a  successful  one,  but  the  horse  fair  in  the  Fall 
was,  pecuniarily  speaking,  a  failure.  In  1862 
Dan  Robbins  &  Co.  leased  it  and  made  other 
additions  and  improvements  in  the  way  of 
building  extra  box  stalls,  stands  and  sheds,  for 
which  there  was  an  increasing  demand ;  in  en- 
larging the  necessary  accommodation  of  the 
house,  and  filling  up  and  grading  the  track  and 
embanking  the  back-stretch  and  lower  turn, 
to  prevent  its  being  flooded  when  the  tide  ran 
high. 

From  this  time  until  1884  Old  Saugus  track 
had  a  varied  experience,  for  many  years  there 
being  no  racing  there  at  all,  the  property  fall- 
ing back  to  its  original  owner.  Dr.  Smith,  who 
lived  in  the  residence,  later  destroyed  by  fire, 
that  was  in  the  corner  to  the  entrance  of  the 
track  coming  from  the  direction  of  Cliftondale. 
In  the  Fall  of  1883,  C.  C.  Mayberry,  in  com- 
pany with  three  other  men,  bought  Saugus 
race  course  from  the  estate  of  Dr.  Smith,  then 
deceased,  and  in  the   following    year    rebuilt 


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the  track,  which  in  its  years  of  unuse  had 
grown  up  to  grass  and  the  buildings  fallen  in. 
Later  Mr.  Mayberry  bought  out  his  three  as- 
sociates and  owned  the  property  alone.  He 
employed  J.  A.  Snow,  a  prominent  horseman 
of  those  days,  as  his  secretary,  and  for  four 
3'ears  race  meetings  were  given  several  times 
each  season. 

In  1888  Mr.  Mayberry  sold  the  track  rb 
O.  S.  Roberts,  who  gave  meetings  there  in 
1889,  but  he  rebought  it  again  in  1890,  being 
one  of  a  syndicate  of  ten  Lynn  men.  Later 
that  year  the  plant  was  sold  by  Mr.  Mayberry 
and  associates  to  George  H.  Engleman  and 
other  owners  of  the  Brighton  Beach  race 
course. 

In  1891  James  O.  Gray,  a  successful  busi- 
ness man  of  that  period,  leased  the  property 
from  Mr.  Engleman  and  associated  himself 
with  W.  F.  Llitchings,  making  the  latter  his 
secretary,  and  a  very  good  move  it  proved. 
A  series  of  race  meetings  were  given  under 
the  administration  of  these  men  and  with  great 
success,  the  place  jumping  into  immense  popu- 
larity with  the  owners  and  trainers  of  race 
horses  throughout  the  Eastern  section  of  this 
country.  In  1895  Mr.  Gray  bought  the  prop- 
erty from  Mr.  Engleman,  but  in  189B  it  re- 
verted back  again  to  the  Brighton  Beach  own- 
ers, and  in  the  meanwhile  Mr.  Hitchings  had 
taken  possession  of  the  property  through  a 
lease  from  the  Engleman  estate. 

For  two  seasons,  previous  to  the  stopping 
of  speculation  .at  the  tracks  in  Massachusetts, 
he  ran  the  usual  race  meetings,  but  with  the 
stopping  of  betting  on  the  races,  the  gates  of 
Saugus  were  closed,  and,  while  the  track  is  still 
in  existence,  very  little  has  been  done  with  it 
in  recent  years.  A  few  matinees  have  been 
held  there  and  some  motor  cycle  races,  and 
there  has  been  suggested  a  corporation  being 
formed  with  the  idea  in  the  future  of  holding 
annually  a  big  fair. 

Mystic  Park  was  first  opened  to  the  pub- 
lic on  June  11,  1866.  The  starters  in  the  first 
race  ever  trotted  over  this  course  were  India 
Rubber,  Old  Put,  Honest  Kate  and  John 
Bartlett.  India  Rubber  won  in  straight  heats ; 
time  2  :33  1-2,  2  134  1-2,  2  134  1-2.  The  time  of 
the  first  heat  ever  trotted  over  this  popular 
track  (2:33  1-2)  was  then  considered  remark- 
ably fast.  Flora  Temple  then  held  the  cham- 
pion trotting  record  of  the  world,  2:193-4. 

Mystic  Park  was  a  fertile  farm  belonging  to 
George  Adams,  and  during  the  war  the  mus- 
ter grounds  for  the  outgoing  soldiers  were 
located  there.  In  1865  Benjamin  S.  Wright 
purchased  the  farm,  built  the  track  and  erect- 
ed the  buildings. 

The  track  was  first  opened  to  the  public  for 
race  meetings  by  Henry  Smith,  of  Newmar- 
ket, N.  H.,  and  his  partner,  a  Mr.  Morrison, 


of  Boston,  the  latter  conducting  the  track  hotel. 
In  1871  the  famous  minstrel,  "Lon"  Morris, 
became  manager,  and  for  four  or  live  years 
conducted  race  meetings.  Then  for  a  short  pe- 
riod Mr.  Wright  assumed  the  direction,  to  be 
succeeded  by  a  partnership  formed  between 
Dr.  George  H.  Bailey  and  George  Brigham. 
Their  management  co\  ered  that  notable  year 
of  1874,  when  Goldsmith  Maid  electrified  the 
trotting  world  with  a  mile  in  2:14.  J.  Tyler 
Hicks  was  in  control  foi  two  or  three  years, 
when  the  track  passed  under  the  management 
of  a  company  comprised  of  George  Ayer,  Eu- 
gene Aver,  Benjamin  Fiske,  James  Golden  and 
others. 

In  1887  Horace  E.  Willis  assumed  the 
management,  and  that  period,  extending  to 
1897,  when  the  last  races  occurred  at  Mysti/- 
Park,  marked  an  epoch  for  high-class  racing 
in  the  annals  of  the  light-harness  horse.  Mr. 
Willis  gave  six  meetings  a  year,  including  the 
Breeders',  the  last  meeting  of  the  season  oc- 
curring not  later  than  October  30.  The  New 
England  Trotting  Horse  Breeders'  Associa- 
tion gave  its  last  meeting  at  Mystic  in  1895, 
the  Readville  track  being  opened  in  1896. 

In  1874  Mr.  Willis,  in  company  with  David 
Blanchard,  gave  the  great  $10,000  stallion 
race,  which  was  won  by  Smuggler. 

Several  running  races  were  given  at  Mystic 
with  indifferent  success.  During  the  progress 
of  a  meeting  in  1893  a  fire  occurred  in  the 
stables  in  which  three  horses  were  destroyed. 
During  one  of  the  last  meetings  at  Mystic, 
Star  Pointer  ( i  :59  1-4)  established  a  world's 
pacing  record  for  three  heats  in  a  race,  which 
remained  unbeaten  for  several  years. 

In  1903  the  track  property  was  sold  to  a 
real  estate  syndicate,  headed  by  C.  C.  May- 
berry, and  little  of  the  old  track  is  in  existence 
now — a  portion  of  the  back-stretch.  Where 
the  famous  hotel,  the  Mystic  House,  stood, 
have  been  created  modern  dwelling  houses. 

Combination  Park  was  the  result  of  a  long- 
cherished  desire  of  J.  Tyler  Hicks,  who  away 
back  in  the  eighties,  when  he  ran  Granite 
State  Park,  in  Dover,  N.  H.,  laid  plans  for 
some  day  building  and  owning  a  model  race 
track.  In  1895  he  secured  the  property  in 
Medford,  and  with  his  son  Arthur,  and 
his  brother  George  began  the  construction  of 
the  track. 

The  plant  was  finished  in  the  Spring  of 
1896,  and  on  June  10  it  was  thrown  open  to 
the  public.  Woodshed  won  the  first  heat  ever 
raced  over  it  in  2:21  3-4,  and  Greenhorn  the 
first  race.  Race  meetings  were  held  that  year 
and  in.  1897  and  1898.  In  1899  the  evening 
racing  began  and  was  continued  in  1900. 

As  fast,  if  not  the  fastest  half-mile  track 
in  the  world,  in  the  years  it  was  used  for 
regular  meetings,   it  was  the  scene  of    some 


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splendid  racing.  It  was  over  tliis  track  that 
Joe  Patchen  placed  the  then  world's  pacing 
record  for  a  two-lap  course  at  2:04  1-4. 

In  the  early  nineties  the  equity  of  Combi- 
nation Park  passed  to  George  A.  Graves,  who 
still  owns  the  property.  For  a  number  of  years 
the  Fellsway  Driving  Club  has  decided  its 
matinees  over  the  course,  and  in  1914  a  suc- 
cessful race  meeting  was  held. 

Beacon  Park,  which  was  located  in  Allston, 
was  first  known  as  the  Riverside  half-mile 
track,  and  was  opened  to  the  public  in  1864. 
"Uncle  Jock"  Bowen  was  the  first  public 
trainer  to  locate  there,  and  drove  in  the  first 
race  which  was  decided  over  the  course.  In 
1865  "Uncle  Jock"  drove  Capt.  McGowan 
over  this  track  twenty  miles  in  58 :25,  which 
is  still  the  world's  record  for  that  distance. 
In  the  early  seventies  Riverside  track  was  re- 
built into  a  mile  track  and  was  rechristened 
Beacon  Park. 

Many  of  the  old-time  champions  and  he- 
roes of  the  turf  contested  in  the  races  at  this 
track,  among  them  Judge  Fullerton,  Ameri- 
can Girl,  St.  Julien,  who  later  became  the 
world's  champion  trotter  vAth  a  record  of 
2:13  1-4,  taking  the  crown  from  Goldsmith 
Maid,  whose  mark  of  2  :i4  had  long  been  the 
best ;  Fearnaught,  Driver,  Wedgewood,  Santa 
Glaus,  Clingstone,  Parana,  Edwin  Thorne, 
Fannie  Witherspoon,  Pilot  Knox,  etc. 

Beacon  Park  was  well  patronized  by  the 
public  trainers  at  one  time,  there  being  located 
there  Jack  Trout,  for  two  years  lessee  of  the 
property,  also  George  H.  Hicks,  lessee  of  the 
property  for  ten  seasons,  "Young  Hiram" 
WoodrufT,  Jimmie  Cahill,  Charles  Yapp,  John 
Ramsey,  J.  J.  Bowen,  Ed.  Cogswell,  etc. 

It  was  in  these  days  of  the  old  Beacon 
when  the  South  Boston  Driving  Club  and  the 
East  Boston  Club  held  two  matinee  days  of 
racing,  one  in  the  Spring  and  the  other  in  the 
Fall  of  each  year.  The  Boston  Driving  Club 
and  Athletic  Association  were  lessees  of  the 
track  in  1880,  when  St.  Julien  went  his  mile 
above  mentioned.  William  Balch  gave  several 
of  his  $10,000  stallion  races  at  the  Beacon;  a 
notable  one  was  between  Santa  Glaus  and 
Wedgewood  in  1881.  David  H.  Blanchard, 
too,  gave  several  noted  races  at  the  old  track, 
one  of  which  was  a  $10,000,  2:17  trot,  the 
first  event  of  the  kind  having  payments  made 
on  the  instalment  plan.  This  race  was  won  by 
Edwin  Thorne,  who  defeated  Clingstone, 
Helena,  Santa  Glaus,  Fannie  Witherspoon, 
Parana,  and  Humboldt. 

The  last  great  race  of  importance  at  Beacon 
Park  was  the  stallion  race,  which  created  so 
much  talk,  between  Alcryon  and  Nelson.  This 
was  in  the  early  nineties. 

A  few  years  later  the  property  was  pur- 
chased by  the  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad,  for 


use  as  freight  yards.    Beacon  Park  was  never 
as  fast  as  Mystic,  Charter  Oak  or  Narragan- 
sett,  the  tracks  that  were  in  the  big  Eastern 
Circuit,   when  the   big  meetings   of   the   year 
came  in  June  at  the  two  Boston  tracks. 

The  Readville  track  was  first  known  as 
the  Norfolk  Trotting  Park,  a  half-mile  track 
that  was  opened  to  the  public  in  about  1867. 
For  a  number  of  years  thereafter  the  Norfolk 
County  Fair  gave  its  exhibitions  annually.  The 
fair  was  principally  supported  by  residents  of 
Dedham. 

In  the  year  1872  J.  Henry  Nay  located  at 
Norfolk  Park,  and  in  later  years  was  lessee 
of  the  property,  which  control  he  maintained 
until  1895,  when  the  New  England  Trotting  ■ 
Horse  Breeders'  Association  purchased  the 
property  and  constructed  what  is  now  known 
as  Readville  track. 

The  opening  of  the  mile  track  at  Readville 
was  the  following  year.  In  1905  the  State 
authorities  stopped  speculation  on  the  racing 
events,  the  Breeders'  Association  up  to  this 
time  running  three  meetings  each  year.  The 
grandstand  was  destroyed  lay  fire  in  1907. 

Andrew  Welch  purchased  the  property  in 
1909,  and  the  last  public  meeting  held  at  the 
track  was  the  Grand  Circuit  of  1912,  except- 
ing one  day  of  racing  in  19 14. 

While  under  the  direction  of  Secretary 
Charles  M.  Jewett  there  were  decided  at  Read- 
ville some  of  the  banner  racing  events  of  the 
whole  country,  which  included  the  Massachu- 
setts, Blue  Hill,  Puritan  and  Neponset  stakes, 
the  great  $20,000  Charley  Herr-Cresceus  race 
in  1902,  the  $50,000  American  Trotting 
Derby  of  1908,  the  largest  money  event  ever 
known  to  the  trotting  turf,  and  which  was 
won  by  Allen  Winter. 

Referring  to  this  Derby  handicap,  Mr.  Jew- 
ett has  said  that  while  the  public  opinion  was 
that  it  cost  the  Breeders'  Association  a  con- 
siderable amount  of  money,  yet  the  facts  of 
the  case  are  that  it  netted  a  profit  of  about 
$6,000,  and  this  notwithstanding  that  charged 
to  the  event  was  the  cost  of  the  temporary 
grandstand  and  all  other  items  possible,  be- 
cause of  a  guarantee  made  by  six  of  the  di- 
rectors, when  the  race  was  instituted,  that 
the  loss,  if  any,  would  be  equally  divided  be- 
tween them. 

Readville  track  at  the  present  time  (1914) 
is  used  only  as  a  training  ground.  Mr.  Welch, 
who  still  owns  the  plant,  has  contemplated 
selling  the  property  to  a  land  syndicate,  and 
when  this  comes  about,  which  will  undoubt- 
edly be  at  a  sooner  or  later  period,  of  course, 
Readville  race  track  will  have  been  doomed, 
and  will  go  the  way  of  Mystic  and  Beacon 
Parks. 

The  Old  Cambridge  Park,  near  Porter's 
station,  was  a  mile  track.     It  was  completed 


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about  the  year  1S57.  Among  the  trainers  lo- 
cated there  was  the  famous  Dan  Mace  and 
Hiram  Woodruff.  Most  of  the  races  at  the 
track  were  matches,  frequently  made  over  the 
bar  at  Porter's  Hotel,  which  at  that  time  was 
a  famous  road  house.  Soon  after  the  close 
of  the  Civil  War  the  Cambridge  track  was 
cut  up  into  building  lots. 

The  South  End  Driving  Park  was,  so  far  as 
known,  the  first  of  the  tracks  to  be  built  in 
the  vicinity  of  Boston.  It  was  a  half-mile 
course.  It  was  opened  to  the  public  in  1852, 
and  was  located  on  the  land  now  occupied  by 
the  Boston  City  Hospital. 

In  1855  "Uncle  Jock"  Bowen  made  his  in- 
itial visit  to  Boston,  bringing  with  him  from 
Royalton,  Vt.,  the  trotter  Tom  Hyer,  which 
he  had  named  in  a  match  race  at  the  South 
End  track,  but  the  horse  was  taken  sick  ant! 
did  not  start,  and  a  few  days  later  "Uncle 
Jock"  sold  the  gelding. 

The  principal  event  at  this  course  appears 
to  have  been  the  race  Dan  Mace  won  with 
Ethan  Allen,  on  October  15,  1858,  when,  for 
a  purse  of  $1,000,  he  defeated  "Ard"  Car- 
penter's Columbus  Junior  and  John  Pfifer"s 
Hiram  Drew.  The  time  of  the  heats  was 
2:37,  2:35,  2:33,  the  last  one  being -consid- 
ered phenomenally  fast.  A  gala  crowd  was 
present.  Hiram  Drew  was  a  Maine  bred  and 
owned  horse,  Ethan  Allen  came  from  Ver- 
mont, and  Columbus,  Jr.,  from  near  Lake 
Champlain. 

Ethan  Allen,  at  that  time,  was  owned  by 
Ned  Maynard,  a  prominent  Boston  horseman, 
and  had  been  trained  for  the  race  over  the 
Cambridge  track.  The  judges  wore  stove-pipe 
hats  and  "choker"  collars,  and  from  the  ac- 
counts of  the  race  there  was  repeated  scoring, 
the  crafty  Mace  playing  his  cards  carefully 
to  get  the  edge  and  vantage  over  his  com- 
petitors. 

Sam  Langmaid,  a  Cambridge  dealer  in 
horses,  whenever  he  got  hold  of  an  animal 
which  showed  an  inclination  of  possessing 
speed,  would  have  him  slipped  over  to  the 
South  End  track  and  worked  by  "Uncle  Jock" 
on  the  quiet.  This  track  passed  out  of  ex- 
istence in  1862. 


CHAPTER  V 

"Uncle  Jock"  Bowen  Had  a  Turf 
Career  Filled  with  Adventure 

THE  descendants  of  the  present 
generation  will  place  the  name  of 
the  late  J.  J.  Bowen  in  the  history 
of  the  trotter  along  with  the  past 
great  artists  of  the  rein  and  sulky, 
Hiram  Woodruff,  Dan  Mace,  Johnny  Mur- 
phy,   etc.        It   is     doubtful,    too,    if     there 


ever  lived  a  trainer  who  did  so  much  to  ad- 
vance the  sport  as  "Uncle  Jock." 

During  his  younger  days  in  the  sulky, 
when  the  idea  was  prevalent  among  turfites  to 
evade  a  record  as  much  as  possible,  and  thus 
in  many  instances  to  drop  races  when 
the  time  was  a  little  too  fast,  "Uncle  Jock" 


J.  J.  "UNCLE  JOCK"  BOWEN 
Veteran  Trainer  Behind  Lester  Boy,  2:22  1-2,  the 
Last  Horse  He  Ever  Drove.     Photo  Taken 
at  Readville  Track 

was  always  taking  these  opportunities  to 
"win."  This  quality  was  uppermost  in  the 
man's  character,  which,  combined  with  strict 
honesty,  placed  him  foremost  among  men  of 
ever}'-  calling, 

"Uncle  Jock"  was  well  known  to  his  friends 
as  bluff  of  speech — a  man  who  told  what  he 
knew  was  right,  regardless  of  whom  he  an- 
tagonized. He  never  curried  for  friends  or 
followers,  but  at  that  was  true  to  anybody 
whom  he  thought  his  friend.  He  was  one 
of  those  staunch  characters  so  seldom  found. 

In  1872  "Uncle  Jock"  drove  Joe  Elliott  a 
trial  over  the  Mystic  track  in  2:15  1-2.  The 
performance  pleased  Robert  Bonner,  who 
owned  the  gelding,  very  much,  as  it  was  the 
fastest  mile  at  the  time  ever  trotted  by  i  1-4 
seconds.  Other  old-time  turf  stars  handled 
by  the  veteran  were  Iron  Age,  2:191-4; 
Tucker,  2:19;  White  Socks,  2:201-2;  Jesse 
Hanson,  2:133-4;  Pilot  Knox,  2:193-4,  with 
which  he  won  the  $10,000  Spirit  of  the  Times 
stallion  stake  at  Beacon  Park  in  1885  ;  To- 
mah,  2:10;  Refina,  2:08  1-2;  Norvin  G., 
2:091-4;  Sclavonic,  2:093-4,  etc. 

In  the  big  $20,000  purse  race  at  Buffalo  in 
1873,  "Uncle  Jock"  started  Camors.  Dan 
Mace  won  the  event  with  Sensation.  As 
both  these  horses  went  begging  in  the  auc- 
tion pools  and  as  Mr.  Merrow  and  "Uncle 
lock"  played  the  small  end  heavily,  they 
were  enabled  to  cash  in  a  barrel  of  money. 


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Their  winnings  amounted  to  more  tlian  first 
money  in  tlie  race. 

Speal<ing  of  Sea  Foam,  "Uncle  Jock"  said 
tliat  slie  was  the  most  cranky  mare  he  ever 
handled.  When  being  broken  she  got  away 
from  the  man  hitching  her  up,  jumped  into 
the  Charles  River  with  her  harness  on,  and 
sv\'am  to  the  opposite  bank.  This  was  how 
she  received  her  name.  Once  at  Providence 
she  was  leading  25  yards  from  the  distance, 
when  she  had  one  of  her  cranky  spells  and 
stopped  when  a  half  length  inside  the  dis- 
tance, half  turned  around  and  kept  tossing 
her  head  and  backing,  with  the  result  that 
when  the  flag  fell  she  had  backed  sufficiently 
to  have  it  fall  in  her  face,  and  she  was  de- 
clared distanced. 

At  Prospect  Park  in  1872,  '"Uncle  Jock" 
had  Royal  John  in  a  race  against  a  good 
field  of  horses,  of  which  Charley  Green  was 
a  pronounced  favorite.  Mr.  Merrow  played  his 
horse  to  win  from  start  to  finish,  much 
against  the  advice  of  his  best  friends,  who 
thought  him  crazjf  to  think  that  he  had  a 
chance.  When  Royal  John  won  it  is  said 
that  the  amount  of  bills  was  so  large  that 
Mr.  Merrow  could  not  get  the  "wad"  all  into 
his  pockets,  and  had  to  get  a  flour  bag  to 
carry  the  money  to  his  hotel. 

If  all  of  the  anecdotes  relating  to  "Uncle 
Jock"  were  printed  they  would  fill  a  good- 
sized  book.  A  few  will  serve  to  illustrate 
his  sterling  qualities  and  immense  bump  of 
dry  humor.  That  he  was  the  friend  of  the 
j^oung  trainers  was  frequently  attested  by  his 
acts  when  they  most  needed  assistance. 
Along  in  the  eighties  a  young  man  came  to 
the  M5'-stic  Park,  and  among  his  horses  was 
a  green  colt  that  was  barely  broken.  It  was 
not  long  before  the  colt  commenced  to  de- 
velop a  lot  of  speed,  which  attracted  the  no- 
tice of  the  old  trainers.  Dne  began  to  work 
up  an  acquaintance  with  the  owner  with  the 
idea  that  he  might  induce  him  to  take  the 
colt  away  from  the  boy  and,  in  this  way,  get 
him  for  himself.  The  owner  was  about  per- 
suaded that  this  was  the  proper  thing  to  do, 
but  before  acting  thought  he  would  ask 
"Uncle  Jock"  what  he  thought  about  shift- 
ing:- 

Those  who  were  near  and  heard  the  way 
that  "Uncle  Jock"  laced  it  into  the  owner  for 
even  thinking  of  such  a  thing,  said  it  was  a 
caution.  He  reviewed  how  the  young  man 
had  worked  early  and  late  to  get  the  colt^  to 
make  the  im.provement  he  had,  and  to  think 
of  knocking  the  boy  in  the  head  for  doing 
well  simply  showed  that  he  was  an  ingrate. 
It  is  well  to  remember  that  "Uncle  Jock"  had 
not  spoken  a  dozen  words  to  the  one  he  was 
befriending — it  was  his  inborn  idea  of  justice. 


Another  time  the  judges  at  Mystic  had  told 
a  young  trainer  to  give  up  his  horse  in  the 
race,  as  he  was  not  trying  to  win,  and  turn 
him  over  to  another  driver.  "Uncle  Jock" 
knew  that  the  horse  could  go  faster  than  he 
had,  and  it  was  a  play  of  the  betters  who 
had  backed  him  with  the  idea  that  they  would 
complain  to  the  officials,  and  in  this  way 
make  a  killing  without  the  young  man  get- 
ting a  cent  of  the  money.  This  "riled"  him. 
Walking  out  into  the  stretch  in  front  of  the 
judges'  stand  he  announced  to  thenx  that 
they  were  taking  down  the  wrong  driver. 

"Which  one  do  you  mean?"  the  judges  in- 
quired. 

"That  four-year-old  mare  right  there,  and 
if  vou  had  any  sense  you  wouldn't  have  to 
ask." 

"Mr.    Bowen,    you   drive   that   mare   then, 

and  you,  Mr.   D ,  will  turn  her  over  to 

him,"  was  the  request  given  by  the  judges 
amidst  plenty  of  excitement.  The  young 
trainer  was  unseated,  too. 

True  to  his  prophecy,  "Uncle  Jock" 
trimmed  the  party  in  the  next  three  heats, 
though  the  final  heat  was  not  till  the  follow- 
ing day.  After  it  was  over  he  then  took  the 
young  trainer  into  a  stall  and  gave  him  a 
stiff  lecture,  telling  him  that  he  had  saved 
him  that  time,  but  if  he  wanted  to  get  along 
it  was  a  bad  way  to  start  by  pulling  horses. 
"Uncle  Jock"  drove  out  his  own  money,  too, 
by  winning. 

Did  you  know  that  "Uncle  Jock''  was  the 
first  driver  to  make  a  horse  trot  in  two  min- 
utes? Well,  he  was,  and  this  was  how  it 
happened.  At  Mystic  he  had  trained  for  a 
"Canuck,"  a  gelding  that  could  go  in  about 
2  :30  with  a  mighty  effort,  and  aided  by  sev- 
eral of  those  gruff,  rumbling  "hey-yous"  of 
the  veteran  reinsman.  One  pleasant  fore- 
noon the  owner  showed  up  to  see  if  it  was 
worth  while  to  keep  on  paying  $[5  per  week 
on  his  trotter.  It  so  happened  that  all  he 
had  was  an  ordinary  everyday  watch,  but  he 
sat  in  the  .errand  stand  with  it  in  his  hand, 
and  watched  the  mile  with  the  air  of  a  Leavitt 
or  a  Salisburv.  After  they  got  back  to  the 
stall  "Uncle  Jock"  asked : 

"Well,  how  fast  did  you  get  it?" 

"Wall,"  replied  the  owner,  looking  wise, 
"I'll  tell  you;  she  go  away  quarter  pass  one, 
she  come  back  seventeen  minutes  pass." 

"Ugh!"  said  "Uncle;  Jock,"  "if  I  could 
only  get  you  to  time  for  the  rest  of  my 
owners,  I'd  be  the  most  popular  trainer  in 
the  whole  country." 

Thus  appeared  the  original  two-minute 
trotter. 

None  could  ever  say  that  "Uncle  Jock" 
was  not  a  brave  man;  in  fact,  it  is  doubtful 


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if  he  ever  knew  what  fear  meant,  but  one  hot 
noon  in  June,  at  Mystic,  he  met  with  an  ex- 
perience that  surely   startled  him  some.     A 
youthful   green    boy   from   the    country    had 
been  employed  by  one  of  the  trainers  to  as- 
sist  in   the   stable.     He   had   great   plans    of 
some  day  working  up   to   the  position  of  a 
knight   of  the   sulky.     Some   of  the   grooms 
saw  the   idea    of   having  fun,   and   informed 
him  that  he  was  too  heavy  to  drive,  but  if  he 
would   go   into  training  he  would  likelv  get 
down  to  weight.     To  do  this  he  would  have 
to  spend  some  time  in  one  of  the  manure  pits 
for  a  thorough  steaming  out.     This  day  the 
horses  had  all  been  worked  early  on  account 
of  the  heat,  so  the  boys  induced  the  green 
one  to  take  his  first  course  of  sprouts.     Op- 
posite to  "Uncle  Jock's"  stable  was  the  larg- 
est  and   hottest   heap    of   manure.     Into  the 
verv   center    of   this,    where   the    steam    was 
rising  like  smoke  and  the  thermometer  would 
register  130  degrees,  was  placed  the  student 
after  he  had  undressed.     Then  the   manure 
was   again   thrown    about    him   till     all   that 
could  be  seen  was  from  his  chin  to  the  top 
of  his  head.     The  sweat  was  running  down 
the  boy's  face  in  streams  when  "Uncle  Jock" 
happened  to  pass  by.     Somehovir  he  glanced 
towards    his    manure    heap,    stopped    with    a 
start  at  the  sight  of  a  human  head  with  the 
eyes  staring  into  his  own. 

"Was  it  a  case  of  murder,"  he  thought, 
"and  the  head  been  thrown  up  there?" 

To  examine  further  "Uncle  Jock"  walked 
around  the  heap,  and  those  eyes  followed 
him.  Then  he  knew  it  was  alive,  so  stopped 
again  and  said : 

"What  in  hell  are  you  doing  in  there?" 
"I'm  in  training  to  make  a  jockey,"  came 
the  reply. 

"Yer  are,  are  yer?  Well,  you  will  have  to 
get  some  brains  first,  I'm  thinking,  and  if 
you  don't  get  out  of  that  pretty  soon  the 
grave  diggers  will  get  a  job,"  and  the  veteran 
made  his  own  grooms  get  to  work  and  dig 
him  out. 

At  Syracuse  a  prominent  driver  from  one 
of  the  Eastern  Middle  States,  that  had  cam- 
paigned his  gelding  in  New  England  early 
in  that  season,  attempted  a  bluff  on  "Uncle 
Jock."  The  latter  was  standing  in  the  home- 
stretch chatting  with  "Ollie"  Woodard,  of 
Boston,  when  up  rushed  the  trainer  with  a 
threatening  air  and  said : 

"Mr.  Bowen,  I  understand  that  you  have 
reported  around  that  I  pulled  my  horse  at 
the  Saugus  July  meeting?" 

"Uncle  Jock"  relieved  himself  of  a  mouth- 
ful of  tobacco  juice,  in  the  meantime  looking 
the    trainer    straight    in    the    eye,    and    then 


pointedly  replied:  "Well,  yer  did,  didn't 
3'er?" 

"I  don't  know,"  said  the  trainer  in  a  weak 
and  surprised  tone. 

"Yer  don't  know,  eh!  Well,  I  know  that 
you  did." 

This  was  too  strong  for  the  trainer,  who 
turned  on  his  heel  and  got   out  of  sight. 

For  many  years  Lewis  Whitaker,  of  Bos- 
ton, _known  as  "Old  Whit,"  and  "Uncle 
Jock"  were  the  closest  of  friends,  vet  when 


LEWIS  WHITAKER 

Patron   and   Comrade  of   "Uncle  Jock"   Bowen. 

Owner  of  Refina,  2:08  1-2;  Jesse 

Hanson,  2:13  3-4,  etc. 

together  both  were  sure  to  get  to  quarreling 
like  a  couple  of  school  boys.  One  evening 
in  the  dining  room  of  one  of  the  Dover, 
N.  H.,  hotels,  the  discussion  between  the  two 
was  whether  a  pint  of  beans  would  swell  to 
fill  a  two-quart  bean  pot.  "Old  Whit"  de- 
clared that  they  would,  while  "Uncle  Jock" 
was  as  firm  in  telling  the  former  he  had 
grown  so  old  that  he  had  become  foolish  to 
talk  such  rubbish.  The  argument  kept  the 
entire  room  in  a  howl  of  laughter. 

But  when  "Uncle  Jock"  had  his  pocket 
picked  at  the  Lexington  meeting,  "Old  Whit" 
had  his  turn.  He  had  remained  to  see  the 
two  weeks'  meeting  at  Dover,  and  when  the 
news  came  he  said  that  "Uncle  Jock"  was 
not  a  safe  person  to  carry  money  around. 
He  was  too  old  for  one  thing,  and  another 
was  that  he  would  insist  in  putting  his  monev 
in  his  vest  pocket,  just  because  Sam  Lang- 
maid  always  did  when  he  was  with  him.  The 
consequence  was,   "Whit"  said,  that  he  was 


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137 


going  to  take  what  money  "Uncle  Jock" 
vvourd  fetch  back  with  him,  and  put  it  in 
the  bank  for  safe  keeping.  As  "Uncle  Jock" 
was  going  to  stop  with  him  till  after  Thanks- 
giving, he  would  then  each  day  hand  to  the 
latter  a  dollar  for  spending  money.  When 
■'Uncle  Jock"  was  informed  of  the  arrange- 
ment, he  said : 

"I'd  like  to  see  him  get  my  money!  Give 
me  a  dollar  a  day,  eh!  Probably  he  thinks 
that  a  dollar  would  last  me  as  long  as  it  does 
him,  and  if  it  did  it  would  last  several  days !" 

It  is  said  that  in  the  early  days  of  Mystic 
"Uncle  Jock"  was  in  a  race  over  that  course, 
driving  a  horse  heavily  backed  to  win.  He 
had  won  a  heat,  but  another  had  three  when 
he  came  to  his  stalls  and  ordered  the  boys 
to  get  his  horse  out  into  the  air  as  soon  as 
possible. 

"VVhv,  the  race  is  over,"  said  one  of  the 
grooms  to  the  veteran. 

"Don't  tell  me  that — I  know  my  business," 
was  the  answer  made. 

Down  to  the  judges'  stand  went  "Uncle 
Jock"  behind  his  horse  when  the  heat  of  the 
other  race  on  was  over.  Seeing  none  of  the 
horses  in  his  race  on  the  track  he  asked  the 
judges  what  the  trouble  was,  and  they  laugh-, 
ingly  told  him  the  event  was  completed. 
Immediately  those  in  hearing  distance  set  up 
a  roar,  but  it  did  not  disconcert  "Uncle  Jock" 
at  all,  for  as  he  climbed  out  of  the  sulky  to 
allow  the  boy  to  take  the  horse  back  to  the 
stable,  he  gruffly  said : 

"Well,  that's"  all  that  beat  me." 


CHAPTER  VI 


Lexington,  Mass.,  Has  the  Honor 
of  Having  First  Driving  Club 

THE  town  of  Lexington,  Mass., 
which  occupied  such  a  prominent 
place  in  the  early  history  of  our 
country,  should  be  as  well  known 
as  the  home  of  many  of  the  fore- 
most horsemen  of  bygone  days.  Just  after 
the  Civil  War  the  leading  gentlemen  of  the 
place  organized  the  Lexington  Driving  Club, 
and  built  the  half-mile  track  where  William 
O'Neil  has  trained  his  horses  for  many  years. 
The  race  course  was  completed  in  1865,  the 
year  before  Mystic  track. 

The  members  of  that  old  driving  club 
were  James  S.  Monroe,  who  owned  among 
others  the  good  old-time  trotting  stallion, 
Lexington,  which  Bob  Flanders  campaigned, 
and  Colonel  William  A.  Tower,  who  always 
had  the  best  to  be  bought  for  road  purposes, 
his  last  horse  being  Argentine,  2:21   1-4. 


It  was  at  Mr.  Tower's  stable  that  Luther 
Ames,  the  well-known  trainer,  first  started. 
He  was  at  Mystic  Park  for  several  years,  and 
afterward  had  charge  of  B.  D.  Whitcomb's 
stock  farm  at  Stratham,  N.  H.  Colonel 
Tower's  son,  Richard,  was  a  noted  amateur 
whip  in  Boston. 


WILLIAM  O'NEIL 
Who  is  Located  at  the  Lexington  Track 

Others  of  the  old  members  were  Major 
Lorin  W.  Muzzey,  a  veteran  of  the  rebellion, 
and  at  the  time  the  owner  of  several  good 
campaigners ;  Lyman  Stratton,  later  a  mer- 
chant of  Concord,  N.  H.,  William  Witcher, 
who  had  the  chestnut  trotter  Romeo,  with 
which  he  took  great  pleasure  of  winning  a 
race  every  year  at  the  jMiddlesex  County 
Fair  at  Concord ;  Frank  Alderman,  long 
known  as  one  of  the  best  colt  educators  in 
the  state,  and  whose  son.  Dr.  Harry  Alder- 
man, is  now  the  leading  veterinarian  of  the 
town ;  John  Cummings,  at  that  time  the  larg- 
est leather  manufacturer  in  the  state ;  John 
E.  Dodge,  a  veterinary  dentist  in  Boston, 
and  who  was  one  of  the  first  trainers  at  the 
track ;  Colonel  Eben  Stone  and  George  B. 
Pierce,  who  owned  farms  near  the  track ;  the 
latter  for  a  number  of  years  owned  Tom 
Patchen.  Then  there  was  the  old  village 
blacksmith,  William  Ham,  who  always  had 
a  trotter,  as  did  later  his  sons,  Walter  and 
Joseph  Ham. 

The  next  driving  clubs  in  Greater  Boston, 
that  we  have  note  of,  were  organized  in  the 
early  part  of  1882.  They  were  known  as  the 
South  Boston  Driving  Club  and  the  East 
Boston  Driving  Club.     The  principal  object 


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The  Driving  Clubs  of  Greater  Boston 


of  these  organizations  was,  apparently,  in 
holding  interclub  meets  at  Beacon  Park  a 
couple  of  times  each  year.  After  a  few  years 
these  clubs  ceased  to  exist. 

Nothing  more  was  done  in  the  forming  of 
driving  clubs  until  January  25,  1899,  when 
the  Gentlemen's  Driving  Club  of  Boston  was 
organized  with  the  object  of  building  a 
$10,000  clubhouse  at  Readville  track,  and 
the  holding  of  matinee  races  at  the  same 
place.  The  officers  of  that  club  were:  Presi- 
dent, Albert  S.  Bigelow ;  vice-presidents,  J. 
Malcolm  Forbes,  Col.  J.  E.  Thayer,  George 
E.  Perkins ;  treasurer,  Frank  G.  Hall ;  secre- 


T.  LEE  OUIMBY 
Secretary  G.  D.  C.  1899-1914  (inclusive),  and  Sec- 
retary-Treasurer of  League  of  Amateur 
Driving  Clubs 

tary,  T.  Lee  OuimlD}^;  directors,  George  B. 
Inches,  E.  C.  Swift,  Harry  Burnett,  Charles 
Whittemore,  John  Shepard  and  B.  F.  Button. 
An  initiation  fee  of  $100  was  one  of  the  mo- 
tions passed  at  the  meeting.  This  club 
held  matinee  races  in  the  Summer  months  up 
to  the  close  of  1913. 

Somerville  was  early  in  the  field  in  the 
revival  of  matinee  clubs,  catching  the  fever 
through  the  construction  of  the  Charles 
River  Speedway,  which  was  expected  to  be 
opened  in  the  Summer  of  1899.  In  January, 
of  that  year,  it  was  organized,  with  the  fol- 
lowing list  of  officers :  President,  W.  F.  Al- 
meder ;  vice-president,  George  M.  Davis : 
secretarv,  H.  B.  Furlong:  treasurer,  H.  W. 
Litchfield :  directors,  L.  H.  Brown,  R.  D. 
Wentworth,  Fred  Preston,  Bard  Palmer  and 
William    Barstow.      Though    the    Somerville 


Driving  Club  started  out  with  brilliant  pros- 
pects, yet  only  for  a  few  years  did  it  svirvive, 
internal  dissension  being  the  reported  cause 
of  its  dropping  out  of  existence. 

Another  club  among  the  list  of  those  that 
have  since  outlived  their  usefulness,  was  the 
Shawmut  Driving  Club,  which  was  instituted 
by  the  business  men  of  the  South  End  Dis- 
trict of  Boston  on  March  15,  1899.  Follow- 
ing the  election  of  officers  a  petition  was 
opened  asking  the  Boston  Park  Commission- 
ers to  set  aside  a  strip  of  ground  on  the 
southerly  side  of  Franklin  Field  to  be  used 
for  a  speedway.  The  officers  of  the  club 
were :  I^resident,  E.  A.  Pickard ;  vice-presi- 
dent. Charles  B.  Wooley;  treasurer,  A.  G. 
Robinson :  secretarv,  A.  L.  Stark :  directors, 
A.  G.  Robinson,  'E.  A.  Pickard,  M.  A. 
Nevens,  B.  W.  Stark,  A.  W.  Davis,  H.  A. 
Haven  and  A.  L.  Stark.  The  club  started 
with  the  membership  of  about  eighty,  but 
with  the  organization  of  the  Dorchester 
Dri-s'ing  Club  a  few  months  later,  the  active 
members  of  the  Shawmut  concluded  that  they 
could  better  aid  in  getting  a  speedway  at 
Franklin  Field  by  joining  with  the  larger  and 
stronger,  though  younger,  club  in  Dorches- 
ter and,  therefore,  they  abandoned  the  Shaw- 
mut Driving  Club. 

It  was  the  same  year,  too,  that  the 
Jamaica  Plain  Driving  Club  was  formed. 
Outside  of  holding  a  few  matinees,  and  some 
of  its  members  racing  their  horses  in  the 
Electric  Light  meets  at  Combination  Park, 
the  club  never  amounted  to  a  great  deal. 

A  little  different  from  the  driving  clubs 
mentioned  was  an  organization  formed  on 
December  2,  1898,  called  the  Boston  Road 
Drivers'  Association;  the  object  being  to 
keep  in  good  condition  the  Beacon  Street 
boulevard  for  sleighing,  and  that  the  associa- 
tion appoint  a  committee  to  meet  the  Metro- 
politan Park  Commissioners  and  confer  on 
the  racing  and  driving  rules,  to.be  enforced 
when  the  Charles  River  Speedway,  then  un- 
der construction,  was  completed.  The  dues 
were  fixed  at  $5,  and  Randolph  K.  Clarke 
was  elected   secretarv  and  treasurer. 

In  this  connection  it  is  well  to  state  that 
the  Charles  River  Speedway  was  opened  to 
the  public  on  September  11,  1899.  It  is  a 
matter  of  history  that  when  Superintendent 
John  Gilman  threw  open  the  gates  a  race 
was  on  between  several  of  the  well  known 
drivers  of  Boston  to  be  the  first  to  drive  a 
horse  over  the  soeedwav.  Randolph  K. 
Clarke,  with  Randolph  K.,  took  the  learl 
closelv  followed  bv  James  Doolev  with  War- 
ren F.,  just  behind  them  was  C.  H.  Belledeu 
driving  Kentucky  Star,  and  then  E.  H. 
Pritchard  close  up  with   Alvin  Swift.       Mr. 


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139 


Clarke  maintained  his  advantage  to  the  half, 
when  Mr.  Belledeu,  who  had  been  slowly 
gaining,  passed  him  and  held  the  party  the 
balance  of  the  distance.  Mr.  Clarke  finished 
second,  and  Mr.  Pritchard,  third,  a  half- 
dozen  lengths  away.  Mr.  Belledeu  held  a 
watch  and  reported  that  Kentucky  Star  paced 
the  mile  for  him  in  2:12  1-2. 

Now  came  a  new  driving  club  in  Boston, 
that  was  conceived,  secured  fifty-three  mem- 
bers, and  then  never  happened,  the  promot- 
ers giving  up  the  ghost  in  disgust. 

It  was  in  February,  190 1,  that  some  of  the 


leading    road    drivers 
believing      that      the 
see        the     passing- 
boulevard       for       use 


of  Greater  Boston, 
near  future  would 
of  Beacon  Street 
racing. 


which  would  compel  the  local  horsemen  to 
use  the  Charles  River  Speedway,  began  the 
agitation  for  a  driving  club  at  the  speed- 
way. In  the  two  years  since  the  speedway 
had  been  opened  little  attention  had  been 
paid  to  it,  though  the  Metropolitan  Park 
Commissioners  had  always  been  ready  to  put 
it  in  first-class  condition  for  fast  work  when 
there  was  snow.  However,  the  local  road 
drivers  had  so  little  use  for  the  speedway 
that  the  Commissioners  had  decided  to  close 
it  the  Winter  of  1901.  The  men  at  the  head 
of  the  contemplated  organization  were :  John 
E.  Thayer,  A.  S.  Bigelow,  George  F.  Leonard, 
Charles  H.  Belledeu,  Louis  Robeson,  H.  O. 


Aldrich,  VV.  U.  Hunt,  John  Shepard  and 
Randolph  K.  Clarke.  The  initiation  fee  was 
placed  at  $20,  with  the  annual  dues  $10.  It 
was  named  the   Metropolitan  Driving  Club. 

It  was  thought  by  the  promoters  that  the 
drawback  to  the  use  of  the  speedway  was 
the  lack  of  a  suitable  clubhouse  and  stables 
in  the  near  vicinity,  which  would  give  the 
members  a  chance  to  rest  and  cool  out  their 
horses  after  having  them  in  the  races.  The 
plans  for  a  very  handsome  clubhouse  and 
stables  were  photographed  in  the  club  pro- 
spectus and  mailed  to  every  horseman  in 
Greater  Boston.  Not  only  this,  but  one  of 
the  Park  Commissioners,  Edwin  U.  Curtis, 
even  vyent  so  far  as  to  bond  land  adjacent  to 
the  speedway,  which  he  was  able  to  secure 
below  its  market  value,  and  on  which  it  was 
proposed  to  build  the  clubhouse  and  stables. 

W.  D.  Hunt  was  elected  to  be  first  treas- 
urer of  the  money  secured  from  the  intend- 
ing members,  and  to  open  a  campaign  of 
inducing  the  horsemen  to  enroll  themselves 
with  the  club.  Each  of  the  ones  named  in 
the  enterprise  did  valiant  labor  for  the  cause, 
but  after  three  months  of  earnest  endeavor, 
Mr.  Hunt  was  obliged  to  report  that  he  only 
received  fifty-three  paid  subscriptions  for 
membership,  which  caused  the  promoters  of 
the  club  to  vote  it  was  absolutelv  useless  to 
exert    themselves    longer    in    so    fruitless  a 


KENTUCKY  STAR,   2:08  1-2  (Winning  in  the  Homestretch) 

He  Was  Famous  for  Having  a  Wonderful  Burst  of  Speed  the  Last  Two  Furlongs  of  His  Races,  and  Was 

the  First  Horse  to  Step  Over  the  Charles  River  Speedway.     Owned  and  Driven  by  C.  H.  Belledeu 


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CHAPTER  VII 

Nut  Boy  Fooled  the  Talent  When 
He  Won  the  Classic  Transyl- 
vania Stake 

NUT  BOY,  2:07  1-4,  the  sensation- 
al trotting  gelding  of  the  sea- 
son of  1906,  when  he  was  the 
leading  money-winning  trotter 
and  captured  no  less  than  five 
of  the  important  stake  events,  the  classics 
being  the  Massachusetts,  Charter  Oak,  Ohio, 
Transylvania  and  Walnut  Hall,  was  very 
closely  identified  with  the  Dorchester  Driv- 
ing Club. 

Foaled  in  1896,  the  property  of  A.  C. 
Barnes,  Taylorsville,  111.,  he  was  sired  by 
Nutpine,  2:151-4,  and  was  out  of  Grace 
Smug-gler,  by  Smuggler,  2:151-4.  As  a 
four-year-old  he  was  sold  to  Dr.  Spaulding 
of  Decatur,  111.,  under  the  name  of  Benjaline. 
The  gelding  was  used  by  Dr.  Spaulding's 
son  on  the  road  and  found  so  rank  and  so 
erratic  that  he  had  to  be  run  against  a  build- 
ing to  stop  him.  Young  Spaulding  got  tired 
of  the  fun,  and  the  horse  was  purchased  by 
a  dealer  named  Bates,  of  Richmond,  Va.  He 
in  turn  disposed  of  the  animal  to  a  man  who 
worked  in  a  locomotive  works  at  that  place, 
and  for  a  season  was  driven  on  the  road.  But 
the  gelding's  disposition,,  did  not  improve 
and  he  fell  into  the  hands  of  J.  C.  Smith,  a 
Richmond,  Va.,  horseman,  who  sent  him  to 
Richard  P.  Souther,  of  Dorchester,  who  used 
him  on  the  road  and  Franklin  Field  Speed- 
way. Thoueh  Souther  found  that  the  geld- 
ing had  plenty  of  speed,  yet  he  was  so  un- 
manageable that  he  sent  him  back  to  Smith. 
That  Winter  (1903)  in  the  consignment  of  a 
Mr.  Carter,  of  Richmond,  he  was  sent  to  the 
Old  Glory  sale  under  the  name  of  Ingraham. 
He  was  purchased  by  John  H.  Shults,  of 
Shultshurst  Farm,  who  thought  he  was  get- 
ting a  mare.  When  he  found  out  his  mis- 
take, he  had  the  gelding  resold,  Paul  Con- 
nellv,  of  Philadelphia,  being  the  purchaser. 

After  running  awav  and  nearly  killing 
Henry  Tongstreet,  of  Philadelphia,  the  geld- 
ing was  put  up  for  sale  at  the  Philadelphia 
bazaar  and  sold  to  Eugene  Rventhaler.  and 
he  resold  him  to  Thomas  S.  Young.  He  is 
alleged  to  have  run  away  with  several  driv- 
ers and  Young  sold  him  at  an  auction  to 
William  MacFarland,  who  got  Walter  Davis 
to  train  him  and  while  showing  extreme 
speed,  he  was  so  headstrong  and  rank  thai 
MacFarland  soon  became  disgusted  and  put 
him  up  at  auction  under  the  name  of  Nut 
Bov.  All  of  these  parties  were  Philadelphia 
horsemen,  but  the  gelding  now  left  that  city. 


having  been  purchased  by  B.  F.  Slater,  of 
Crondale,  Pa.,  without  a  guarantee  of  any 
kind. 

The  reformation  of  Nut  Boy  really  began 
with  the  ownership  of  Slater,  who  drove  him 
for  a  year  about  five  to  ten  miles  daily  to 
his  place  of  business,  and  in  kind  hands  the 
gelding  became  quiet  and  gentle  and  showed 
such  speed  that  Slater  thought  he  would 
make  a  race  horse.  Not  wishing  to  enter  the 
business  of  racing  horses,  however,  Slater 
finally  prevailed  upon  George  Hindemej'er, 
of  Philadelphia,  to  buy  the  gelding  for  $500. 
This  was  on  May  8,  1905,  and  Nut  Boy  was 
taken  to  Belmont  track,  where  Stote  Clark 
drove  him  a  quarter  right  off  the  cars  in  33 
seconds.  On  May  25,  Clark  took  the  horse 
to  Point  Breeze  track  and  C.  N.  Payne,  af- 
ter having  him  four  days,  drove  him  a  quar- 
ter in  32  seconds,  and  to  the  half  in  1 103 . 
That  season  Payne  started  Nut  Boy  in 
twelve  races  over  the  half-mile  tracks,  win- 
ning nine  of  them,  and  giving  him  a  record 
of  2:15  1-4.  Late  that  Fall  (1905)  he  was  sold 
to  John  H.  Crabtree,  of  Boston,  and  his 
sister,  "Lotta,"  for  $5,000. 

Nut  Boy,  when  taken  in  hand  by  Mc- 
Henry  early  in  trie  campaign  of  1906,  still 
had  the  reputation  of  being  thoroughly  un- 
reliable, liable  to  break,  and  extra  liable  to 
be  distanced  when  he  did  leave  the  trot.  But 
McHenry  had  transformed  the  gelding 
as  to  manners  and  had  won  six 
races  with  him  before  Lexington  was 
reached,  among  them  the  Massachusetts  and 
the  Charter  Oak,  dropping  him  from  the 
2:16  class,  in  which  he  was  eligible  to  start 
when  "the  man  from  Freeport"  took  him, 
until  he  was  in  the  2  :o8  trots  for  the  big 
money.  But  in  spite  of  these  triumphs  there 
was  doubt  in  some  people's  minds  about  his 
winning  the  Transylvania,  and  a  combina- 
tion of  circumstances  served  to  accentuate 
that  feeling. 

Solon  Grattan,  which  held  the  record  for 
three  heats  on  a  half-mile  track,  came  down 
from  Chicago  with  plenty  of  backing  on  the 
strength  of  a  trial  he  had  shown,  and  in  the 
early  pools  more  than  once  sold  even  with 
Nut  Boy.  But  the  big  play  was  on  Mack 
Mack,  which  at  Columbus  had  forced  out 
Norman  B.  in  2:073-4,  2:063-4,  2:073-4. 
He  had  been  bought  on  the  eve  of  the  Tran- 
sylvania by  Boston  men  who  started  to  "win 
him  out"  in  that  race,  they  putting-  up  a  new 
driver.  Moreover,  at  Cincinnati,  Mack  Mack 
had  won  the  second  heat  of  a  race  from  Nut 
Boy  in  2:08,  and  thirdly,  at  Hartford  Nut 
Boy  had  been  beaten  a  third  heat  in 
2  :oQ  T-4,  although  by  the  conditions  of  the 
race  (which  ended  there)  he  was  the  winner. 
Fourthly,    Nut   Bov    had    not   started    for    a 


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couple  of  weeks  previous  to  the  Lexington 
meeting,  and  was  known  to  have  none  too 
good  legs. 

And  so  Mack  Mack,  later  the  sole  property 
of  George  A.  Graves,  of  the  Metropolitan 
Driving  Club,  was  the  choice.  There  was  big 
selling,  many  of  the  pools  aggregating  $1,- 
500,  and  on  account  of  the  peculiar  angles 
there  was  plenty  of  talk.  When  the  horses 
were  being  warmed  up  for  the  Transylvania, 
and  Nut  Boy  had  finished  his  final  prelimi- 
nary heat,  a  friend  of  McHenry's,  who  was 
so  close  to  him  he  could  talk  freely  on  deli- 
cate subjects  without  arousing  the  blazing 
temper  the  great  driver  had,  met  him  just 
as  he  came  through  the  gate  after  dismount- 
ing from  the  sulky. 

"They  tell  me  you're  going  to  cheat  this 
afternoon  with  Nut  Boy,"  was  the  friend's 
salutation. 

McHenry's  face  assumed  a  look  that  was 
balf  smile  and  half  sneer.  Then  he  pointed 
to  Nut  Boy,  which  was  being  led  to  the 
stable.  "There  he  is,"  said  McHenry,  "and 
he'll  win.  And  let  me  tell  you  something 
more — I  won't  drive  him  two  hundred  yards 
in  the  whole  race." 

And  he  didn't,  for  over  a  slow  track,  on  a 
cold  day.  Nut  Boy  fairly  rambled  three  heats 
in  2  :o8,  2  :o7  1-4,  2  109,  while  Mack  Mack's 
positions  were  11,  7,  2,  Emboy,  a  sprinter, 
getting  second  money  with  2.  3,  9  to  his 
credit.  Nut  Boy,  over  that  slow  track  and 
on  that  cold  day,  equaled  his  record,  and  he 
never  was  straight.  "He  was  good  today," 
McHenry  said  after  the  race,  "and  I  thought 
lie  would  be.  A  lot  of  people  have  got  the 
idea  that  horse  isn't  game,  and  some  others 
think  2  :o7  will  hold  him.  Why,  he  could 
have  beaten  2  :o6  right  over  this  track  today, 
and  he  was  a  sure  2  :o5  trotter,  good  day  and 
track. 

"Well,  Nut  Boy  is  a  case  of  where  a  rest 
heat  training  all  to  pieces.  I  saw  what  went 
on  in  the  betting  for  the  Transylvania,  and  I 
knew  what  some  people  figured  was  coming 
off,  but  did  not  consider  it  any  part  of  my 
business  to  talk  about  the  race  before  it  was 
trotted.  But  just  the  same  I  thought  it  was 
the  surest  thing  in  the  world  that  Nut  Boy 
would  beat  that  field.  He  outclassed  every 
other  horse  in  it  so  far  it  was  ridiculous  to 
talk  about  beating  him — it  was  a  sure  2:05 
horse  against  some  2  :o8  ones." 

During  the  Winter  of  1906-7  Nut  Boy  ran 
in  a  large  box  stall  and  yard  at  the  Crabtree 
Farm,  in  Neponset.  But  the  forward  leg 
that  had  bothered  him  the  Fall  before  was 
still  in  such  bad  shape  when  the  training  sea- 
son came  around,  that  it  was  thought  best  to 
fire  and  blister  the  leg  and  give  it  a  year's 
rest.     In  1908  he  was  sent  to  Bob  Proctor  at 


Readvillc,  but  after  a  little  work  the  leg 
again  showed  symptoms  of  weakness,  and 
he  was  sent  back  to  the  farm,  where  he  was 
allowed  to  run  loose  till  1910. 

That  year  "Lotta"  Crabtree  advertised  a 
closing-out  sale  of  the  live  stock  at  the  farni, 
but  when  the  day  arrived,  she  refused  to 
have  Nut  Boy  put  up  for  the  high  dollar. 
Later,  however,  P.  O'liearn,  afterwards 
Building  Commissioner  of  Boston  under  ap- 
pointment of  Mayor  Curley,  succeeded  in 
buying  Nut  Boy  from  "Lotta,"  and  the  next 
few  seasons  he  was  the  bearcat  among  the 
trotters  on  the  Franklin  Field  Speedway,  as 
he  proved  his  "class"  when  pitted  against 
rivals  from  the  Dorchester  Driving  Club. 
Nut  Boy  displayed  his  immense  speed  one 
afternoon  in  1912  by  trotting  a  heat  in  i  :oi, 
which  at  present  (1914)  is  still  the  record 
for  all  trotters  over  the  Franklin  Field  course, 
it  having  tied  the  mark  made  by  Ralph 
AVick,  of  I  :oi,  on  July  8,  191 1. 

Nut  Boy  was  disposed  of  by  Mr.  O'Hearn 
at  the  Old  Glory  sale  in  New  York,  the  Fall 
of  1913,  he  passing  to  the  ownership  of  a 
New  York  horse  dealer  called  "Big  Charley." 


CHAPTER   Vni 


K 


Angus  Pointer  Was  Well  Crowned 
"King  of  All  Pacers" 

ING  of  them  all."  This  was  the 
mantle  that  by  common  consent 
of  both  horsemen  and  the  great 
sport-loving  public  rested  on 
Angus  Pointer,  2:01  3-4,  the 
season  of  1907.  Week  after  week  the  fastest 
pacers  in  the  world  tackled  him  in  the  free- 
for-alls  in  the  Grand  Circuit  from  Detroit  to 
Lexington  and,  outside  of  the  opening  meet- 
ing at  Detroit,  the  story  was  always  the  same 
— Angus  Pointer  won. 

His  record  since  making  his  debut  at  the 
Canadian  ice  races  in  1904,  and  turf  battles 
later  compared  with  the  best  campaigners 
the  world  has  produced  in  all  the  history  of 
light  harness  horse  racing.  He  had  every 
quality  of  a  race  horse,  for  not  only  was  his 
speed  sufficient,  but  he  was  the  one  rare 
equine  that  could  be  relied  upon  over  any 
sort  of  a  track.  It  made  no  difference  to 
him  whether  it  was  a  two-lapped  one,  a  mile 
proposition,  the  footing  like  a  billiard  table 
or  deep  in  mud  or  sand,  he  was  there  with 
"the  goods"  when  turned  for  the  word. 

Angus  Pointer  was  bred  by  W.  H. 
Buchanan.  Kemptville,  Ont.,  and  sired  by 
Sidney  Pointer,  2:07  1-4.  out  of  Jane  (dam 
of  Annie  Sprague,  2:21  1-2),  by  Grant's 
Hambletonian.      He    was    owned  by  Senator 


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George  E.  Whitney,  Enfield,  N.  H.,  and 
trained  and  driven  by  Ed.  Sunderlin  the  sea- 
sons of  1906-7.  His  winnings  down  the  big 
line  for  1907  were  $7,730,  making  him  the 
second  largest  money  winner  of  the  year  in 
the  pacing  division. 

It  is  so  well  known  how  he  took  the  word 
in  nineteen  races,  winning  eleven  in  1904, 
and  was  first  nine  times  out  of  thirteen  starts 
in  1906,  that  space  would  be  ill  used  in 
enumerating  them  here.  In  his  campaign  of 
1907  outside  of  Detroit,  he  headed  the  sum- 
mary in  nine  straight  races,  losing  his  initial 
start  to  Baron  Grattan,  at  Detroit,  in 
2:03  1-4,  2:04  1-4,  2:07,  when  he  finished 
second. 

His  opponents  down  the  line  were  Argot 
Boy,  Baron  Grattan,  Gratt,  Boliver,  Ecstatic, 
Nervolo,  Audubon  Boy,  Phalla,  Gallagher 
and  Rudy  Kipp,  he  meeting  one  or  the  others 
at  different  places.  His  best  money-winnnig 
race  was  the  Park  Brew  $5,000  stake  at 
Providence.  He  went  his  fastest  two-heat 
race  at  Syracuse,  the  time  being  2:02  1-2, 
2  :oi  3-4.  The  then  record  for  the  fastest 
three  heats  by  a  pacing  gelding  he  earned  at 
Readville. 

All  of  his  nine  winning  races  were  taken  in 
straight  heats,  with  the  sole  exception  of 
Columbus,  when  the  assistant  trainer  of  the 
Whitney  stable,  W.  W.  Bowser,  elected 
to  drive  him,  and  Angus  Pointer  made  the 
only  break  of  the  year,  losing  the  opening 
trip  to  Gallagher.  Myron  McHenry  was 
then  asked  to  take  the  reins  and  litde  trouble 
had  he  gaining  the  victory.  Audubon  Boy, 
in  the  second  heat  at  Lexington,  gave  him 
the  severest  test,  it  looking  when  nearing 
the  wire  that  the  champion  was  beaten,  but 
McHenry  rallied  him  with  whip  and  voice, 
Audubon  Boy  went  to  a  break,  and  the  race 
was  over. 

In  order  to  place  another  gem  in  the 
string  of  conquests  of  Angus  Pointer  he  was 
started  over  the  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  half- 
mile  track  and  placed  the  season's  mark  at 
2  :o6  1-4  for  two-lap  tracks. 

He  was  passed  through  the  Old  Glory 
sale  in  New  York  that  Fall,  but  was  re- 
turned to  his  old  stable,  being  bid  in  for 
Mr.  Whitney  for  $7,400,  though  a  represen- 
tative of  Lotta  Crabtree  ran  the  bidding  to 
a  hundred  less  than  that  sum.  Soon  after 
the  return  of  the  noted  gelding  to  Enfield, 
he  died  from  pneumonia,  the  result  of  a  cold 
caught  en  route  from  New  York. 


A  man  ought  to  do  as  well  as  a  horse ;  I 
wish  all  men  did  do  as  well. — Roe. 


CHAPTER   IX 

Famovis  Road  Drivers  WhoseHorses 
Were  Kept  at  Sawyer's  Stable 

IT  was  with  regret  the  old-time  horse- 
men and  road  drivers  of  Boston  noted 
the  demolition  of  Sawyer's  old  board- 
ing and  baiting  stable  at  the  corner  of 
Chestnut  and  Brimmer  Streets,  in  the 
West  End,  for  modern  dwelling  houses,  for 
a  generation  ago,  almost  any  afternoon,  any- 
where from  twenty-five  to  thirty  men,  re- 
puted to  be  millionaires  or  very  near  to  it, 
could  be  seen  donning  their  driving  togs  and 
starting  out  from  Sawyer's  for  an  afternoon 
spin  with  their  trotters,  boarded  at  the  stable. 
Many  of  them  drove  in  daily  in  the  morning 
from  the  suburbs,  put  up  their  rigs  at  Saw- 
yer's, went  down  to  their  offices  and  returned 
for  their  teams  to  go  out  over  the  Mill  Dam, 
the  then  noted  speedway  of  Boston,  and 
thence  on  to  their  homes. 

Among  that  class  were :  Henry  M.  Whit- 
ney, H.  P.  Cabot,  W.  L.  Badger,  Dr.  Weld, 
William  Weld  and  John  M.  Forbes,  once 
mariner,  later  merchant  in  the  Oriental  trade. 
He  is  described  as  usually  coming  in  from 
Milton  on  horseback,  habitually  carrying  an 
umbrella  in  anticipation  of  a  possible  shower. 

Other  transients  of  later  days  were  Hon. 
Robert  Bacon,  later  Ambassador  to  France, 
and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  L.  Gardner,  when 
their  city  house  was  closed.  The  Gardner 
equipage  and  livery  is  said  to  have  been  one 
of  the  finest  that  ever  came  into  the  stable. 
Another  outfit  of  equally  high  class  was  that 
of  Mrs.  George  W.  Wales,  of  Beacon  Street. 

J.  Reed  Whipple,  of  hotel  fame,  kept  his 
horses  at  Sawyer's.  The  story  is  told  how  he 
purchased  at  auction  the  famous  trotting 
mare  Reina,  2:12  1-4,  formerly  belonging  to 
John  Shepard,  who  had  sold  her  under  the 
impression  that  her  days  of  glory  were  ended. 
Mr.  Whipple  turned  his  purchase  over  to 
Sawyer  to  be  put  in  prime  condition,  and  un- 
der the  fostering  of  the  experts  of  the  stable 
Reina  "came  back,"  and  one  day,  when  the 
sleighing  was  good,  Mr.  Whipple  concluded 
to  try  his  new  trotter. 

He  drove  leisurely  out  to  Coolidge  Corner, 
it  bping  of  the  period  when  the  snow  racing 
was  over  the  boulevard  from  that  point  to 
St.  Mary  Street,  where  he  met  John  Shep- 
ard, John  W.  Wheelwright  and  a  few  other 
acquaintances  that  had  speed  hitched  to  run- 
ners, and  dropped  them  a  hint  that  he  would 
not  be  averse  to  a  brush. 

The  speed  of  the  rejuvenated  Reina  proved 
too  much  for  the  hotel  man's  nervous  system, 
however,  and  when  he  returned  to  the  stable 


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143 


he  declared  that  he  would  never  take  her 
out  again.  John  Shepard  then  repurchased 
the  mare,  and  not  a  trotter  in  Boston  that 
Winter  was  capable  of  taking  her  measure 
the  length  of  the  boulevard. 

Among  the  regular  boarders  at  Sawyer's 
were  the  late  Col.  Henry  S.  Russell,  owner 
of  the  famous  Home  Farm  in  Milton,  where 
were  kept  for  years  the  celebrated  stallions, 
Smuggler,  2:151-4;  Fearnaught,  Jr.,  2:26, 
etc.  (Col.  Russell  was  later  Fire  Commissioner 
of  Boston),  Hon.  George  von  L.  Meyer,  Secre- 
tary of  the  Navy;  Eben  S.  Draper,  former 
Governor  of  the  State,  and  the  late  Gover- 
nor Wolcott. 

Commodore  George  Perkins,  the  father 
of  Mrs.  Larz  Anderson,  while  he  had  his 
own  private  stable  in  Newbury  Street,  cjuite 
frequently  dropped  in  at  Sawyer's  to  chat 
horse  with  his  cronies.  All  old-timers  can 
remember  well  the  Winter  he  had  the  boss  of 
the  snowpath  in  the  trotting  mare,  Thetis, 
2:161-4.  This  was  in  1894,  and  the  season 
before  the  daughter  of  Mambrino  Wilkes, 
2 :28  3-4,  had  proved  in  her  races  that  she 
was  much  better  than  a  2:10  trotter. 

There  was  J\Iajor  Henry  L.  Higginson,  one 
of  the  patrons,  who  was  founder  of  the  Sym- 
phony Orchestra,  and  he  usually  kept  several 
trotters,  ■  among  the  number  being  Parana, 
2:191-4.  George  B.  Inches  boarded  during 
the  Winter  months  at  Sawyer's,  the  stallion 
Pedlar,  2:181-4,  and  other  trotters.  S.  B. 
Dana  had  Arab,  2:15,  previously  owned  by 
John  Shepard.  George  F.  Fabyan  had  Jean 
Valjean,  2:14,  with  which  John  Cheney  won 
many  creditable  races.  Dr.  F.  P.  Sprague 
had  First  Love  and  Almira,  whose  respective 
records  were  2:22  1-2  and  2:24  1-4.  He  often 
drove  them  in  an  extension-top  carryall  of 
a  ]5attern  of  100  years  ago. 

Then  there  were  Edward  P.  Whitney, 
partner  of  J.  Pierpont  Morgan,  who  always 
had  a  fine  trotter ;  F.  H.  Prince,  son  of 
Mayor  Prince,  who  had  a  string  of  thorough- 
bred racers,  among  them  King  Tom  and 
Sherrod,  but  for  his  own  riding  had  a  fast 
trotter ;  John  Wright,  who  now  lives  in 
France  and  has  a  racing  stable  there,  kept 
a  number  of  racing  ponies  there,  such  as  are 
now  known  as  polo  ponies. 

The  passing  of  the  old  home  for  trotters 
emphasizes  the  decadence  of  road  driving 
from  what  it  was  up  to  ten  years  or  so  ago, 
for  at  Sawyer's  is  said  to  have  been  boarded  a 
greater  number  of  high-class  trotters  from 
ten  to  thirty  years  ago  than  any  other  stable 
in  Boston,  and  it  was  said  to  have  been  good 
at  one  time  for  an  income  of  $30,000  a  year. 

The  stable  was  built  about  58  years  ago  by 
Ebenezer  Johnson,  a  mason,  and  John  Mann, 


a  Washington  Street  ribbon  dealer  at  that 
time,  two  extensive  speculators  in  real  estate. 
Its  first  lessee  was  Stephen  Thuolt,  who  was 
a  famous  Boston  riding  instructor  from 
1856  to  1866.  Col.  Thuolt  was  a  Hungarian 
revolutionist  of  1848,  who  fought  under 
Ivossuth,  and,  like  the  latter,  was  obliged  to 
fly  for  his  life  to  foreign  lands  after  Russia 
intervened  and  put  down  the  rebellion  in 
Hungary.  Thuolt  first  went  to  England, 
where  he  was  reduced  to  the  condition  of  a 
common  day  laborer  and  transported  stones 
in  a  wheelbarrow  to  build  a  sea  wall. 

Soon  after  his  arrival  in  Boston  he 
aroused  the  interest  of  some  of  the  richest 
and  most  influential  families,  who  induced 
him  to  establish  a  riding  school  for  the  in- 
struction of  their  sons  and  daughters.  John 
Nash,  who  had  the  care  of  Col.  Thuolt's 
horses  from  the  time  the  riding  school  was 
started,  58  years  ago,  and  later  performed 
the  same  function  for  Major  Henry  L.  Hig- 
ginson, is  still  living  in  the  West  End  district 
of  Boston. 

Thuolt  was  a  tall  and  handsome  man,  and 
during  his  early  years  here  was  a  protege  of 
members  of  the  Lowell  family,  while  among 
his  other  particular  friends  were  the  Forbes, 
Bigelows  and  Hoopers.  These  men  of  social, 
political  and  diplomatic  influence  obtained  a 
pardon  for  him  from  the  Austrian  Govern- 
ment, and  Thuolt  was  allowed  to  return  to 
his  home  after  eighteen  years  of  exile. 

Alsom  Garcelon,  for  a  generation  the  best- 
known  stable  keeper  in  Boston,  and  at  one 
time  proprietor  of  fourteen  or  fifteen  such 
establishments,  succeeded  Col.  Thuolt  in 
1869,  purchasing  the  property  and  building  a 
three-story  addition  with  stalls  for  one  hun- 
dred horses.  Garcelon  came  to  Boston  about 
eighty  years  ago  from  Lewiston,  Me.,  and 
was  a  near  relative  of  the  late  Governor 
Garcelon  of  Maine,  and  a  descendant  of  a 
Huguenot  refugee,  contemporary  with  the 
Faneuils.  His  first  stable  was  in  Franklin 
Street,  his  second  in  Bedford  Street.  He 
furnished  the  horses  and  carriages  for  the 
Prince  of  Wales,  afterward  Iving  Edward 
V'll,  when  he  visited  Boston  in  i860,  al- 
though the  handsome  trotting  horse.  Black 
Prince,  ridden  by  the  Prince  at  the  military 
parade  on  the  Common,  and  later  the  model 
for  Thomas  Ball  when  he  made  the  eques- 
trian statue  of  George  Washington  for  the 
Public  Garden,  came  from  the  stable  of  the 
Hon.  Timothy"  Bigelow  Lawrence,  only  a 
few  doors  away  from  Garcelon's,  on  Chest- 
nut Street.  Garcelon  made  a  great  deal  of 
money,  but  losing  it  in  real  estate,  had  very 
little  when  he  died,  in  1881. 

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ed  in  the  Chestnut  Street  staole  and  ran  it 
twenty-four  years,  or  till  his  death  about  ten 
years  ago.  His  son,  S.  Gordon  bawyer,  then 
managed  it  three  years  and  sold  it  to  Frank 
Donovan,  who,  when  the  property  was 
sold  for  improvement,  had  to  move  a 
few  doors  up  Chestnut  Street.  In  the  day  of 
road  driving  in  Boston  there  worked  at  Saw- 
yer's, besides  Nash,  already  mentioned,  such 
men  well  known  in  the  care  of  old-time  trot- 
ters as  Martin  Ouigley,  Patrick  Loftus,  bet- 
ter known  as  "Brock,"  for  having  worked  so 
long  for  "Ham"  Brock,  and  Thomas  F. 
Walsh. 

Right  across  the  way  from  Sawyer's  stable 
was  the  famous  Joseph  F.  Pra)',  the  sulky 
builder,  who  turned  out  the  light  road 
wagons  and  buggies  which  were  the  delight 
of  the  gentlemen  road  drivers  who  boarded 
their  horses  at  Sawyer's. 

Paran  Stevens,  for  many  years  the  prince 
of  Boston  hotel  men,  first  proprietor  of  the 
New  England  House,  then  of  the  Revere  and 
the  Tremont  houses,  had  for  many  years  a 
private  stable  for  his  trotters  at  the  corner 
of  Chestnut  and  Brimmer  Streets,  and  about 
the  time  of  the  advent  of  Sawyer's  the 
Stevens  stable  was  taken  by  Mr.  Pray  for 
his  carriage  factory,  where  he  lemained  for 
more  than  a  score  of  vears. 


CHAPTER  X 

How   "Long    Shot"    Cox    Worked 

From  the   Bush  Rings  to  a  Star 

Grand  Circuit  Driver 

FROM  a  farmer's  boy,  born  in  Ep- 
som, N.  H.,  to  one  of  the  greatest 
trotting  horse  drivers  and  trainers 
in  the  world,  is  the  achievement  of 
\\'alter  R.  Cox  in  the  forty-si.x 
years  of  his  life.  To  those  not  in  the  know- 
ing, Epsom  is  merely  a  dot  on  the  map  near 
Pittsfield,  and,  so  far  as  can  be  established, 
being  the  birthplace  of  Cox  is  its  lone  de- 
gree of  fame  in  the  country's  history. 

The  name  of  Cox  is  prominent  in  politics. 
Charles  E.,  father  of  Walter,  was  warden  of 
the  New  Hampshire  state  prison  for  a  num- 
ber of  years.  His  three  brothers  have  made 
names  for  themselves  in  Jilassachusetts.  Guy 
served  the  state  in  both  branches  of  the  Legis- 
lature. Louis  was  postmaster  at  Lawrence. 
Channing,  the  baby  of  the  family  is  assured  of 
being  Speaker  of  the  House  in  191 5.  All  three 
are  lawyers. 

"Long  Shot"  is  the  eldest  of  the  boys. 
When  a  year  old  his  folks  removed  from 
Epsom  to  Manchester,  where  he  attended  the 


public  schools,  taking  a  two-year  course  ni 
the  high  school.  At  thirteen  he  entered  the 
butcher  business,  working  for  his  father  at 
running  a  cart.  He  was  up  in  the  morning  at 
4,  labored  till  school  time,  and  at  the  close 
of  school  devoted  his  time  to  the  shop.  Sun- 
days he  sang  in  the  church  choir. 

"Tell  me  of  your  first  race,"  I  asked  "Long 
Shot." 

"1  was  fifteen  when  a  Catholic  picnic  was 
held  at  the  Manchester  track.  There  was  a 
trotting  gelding  named  A'lay  Morning,  which 


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Plioto  from  Herald 

WALTER  R.  (Long  Shot)  COX 


the  owner  said  I  could  start  in  one  of  the 
races.  I  took  the  horse  out  of  pasture  a 
couple  of  weeks  before  the  event  and  pulled 
off  second  money,  netting  $15.  One  thing 
in  connection  with  this  race  Til  never  forget. 
Just  previous  to  starting  the  judges  informed 
me  that  it  was  necessary  that  i  should  weigh 
150  pounds.  I  weighed  only  eighty!  Here 
was  a  nice  pickle.  I  solved  the  problem  by 
taking  a  bag  and  gathering  enough  stones 
to  make  up  the  difference.  Then  I  attached 
the  bag  to  the  sulky.  The  race  was  won  in 
2:48  3-4." 

"Tell  us  some  more  about  your  earlv  turf 
career,"  I  persisted. 

"Well,  between  the  age  of  eighteen  and 
twenty-five  I  sold  beef  on  the  road  for  Ham- 
mond. This  gave  me  time  to  tinker  with 
horse  racing  at  the  Manchester  track.  The 
horses  were  owned  by  local  butchers.  Every 
Friday  these  men  held  races.  I  always  had  a 
mount,  with  varying  success. 

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devote  my  time  to  training  horses.  In  those 
daws  Jake  Stone  was  using  the  Manehester 
track  for  Spring  training.  He  was  a  suc- 
cessful winner.  1  had  no  horses  good 
enough  for  the  good  half-mile  tracks,  and 
nobody  will  ever  know  with  what  admiration 
I  watched  Jake  lead!  his  fields  of  horses. 
I  thought  him  of  more  importance  than  the 
President  of  the  United  States. 

"However,  along  toward  Fall  I  would 
gather  up  three  or  four  of  the  fastest  horses 
I  was  working  and  take  in  what  was  later 
known  as  the  'Cox  Circuit.'  This  comprised 
the  tracks  at  Warner,  Canaan,  Plymouth, 
Bristol  and  Greenfield.  Canaan  used  to 
give  a  July.  4  meet  also.  At  that  time  I 
figured  the  meeting  at  Tilton,  and  other 
tracks  of  that  kind,  of  Grand  Circuit  im- 
portance !  I'll  say  one  thing,  before  I  was 
through  with  'Cox's  Circuit'  it  was  a  pretty 
slick  sort  of  a  driver  and  horse  he  had  that 
could  win  a  race  from  me." 

"What  was  your  first  mile  track  race?" 

"At  Narragansett  Park,  in  1893,  I  started 
a  pacer  named  Rowdy  Knox,  2:201-4.  I 
took  the  horse  there  alone,  swiping  him  and 
sleeping  in  the  stall.  Before  the  race  I  nearly 
wore  out  a  watch  timing  the  horses  entered 
in  my  class,  and  the  way  they  did  step  from 
the  three-quarter  pole  to  the  wire  brought 
tears  to  my  eyes.  I  knew  I  wasn't  even  a 
dirty  duce  in  a  clean  deck  of  cards.  I  didn't 
look  very  good  in  that  race,  trailing  along  in 
the  rear  guard.'' 

"Your  first  visit  to  New  York  was  to  drive 
for  James  Y.  Gatcomb  at  Empire  Citv  Park 
in  the  Grand  Circuit  in  1903,  was  it  not?" 

"I  had  been  in  New  York  once  before.  It 
was  at  the  time  Home  Rule  was  winning 
match  races  in  Manchester  and  Concord.  I 
conceived  the  plan  of  slipping  over  to  New 
York  and  buying  a  'skinner"  that  would  beat 
Home  Rule  and  the  rest  of  them.  Getting 
to  the  big  city  I  found  that  the  auction  was 
in  Chicago.  So  I  went  over  to  Guttenburg 
and  backed  the  runners.  Played  everv  race 
across  the  board — and  lost.  I  scampered  out 
of  New  York  the  next  morning  prettv  quick. 
All  I  saw  of  the  place  was  the  one  block  I 
walked  around  and  the  car  ride  to  Forty- 
second  Street  ferry. 

"When  I  went  to  New  York  to  drive  for 
Gatcomb  I  didn't  know  the  way  to  Broad- 
way. That's  a  fact.  In  the  afternoon  I 
drove  Prince  of  Orange,  and  in  the  field  was 
Rhythmic  and  Fereno.  That  marked  my 
Grand  Circuit  debut.  I  won  after  losing  the 
opening  heat." 

From  my  personal  knowledge,  Cox  is 
modest  in  stating  his  connection  with  this 
race.      The    betting    fraternitv    had    a    good 


i)pini(.)ii  of  I'rincc  of  Orange  to  win  the  event, 
but  when  they  saw  a  tall,  lanky  Yankee,  un- 
known to  all,  mount  the  sulky,  there  was  a 
rush  to  the  betting  ring  to  hedge  the  bets 
made  on  the  gelding.  This  was  Gafcomb's 
opportunity  for  getting  on  heavily  at  long 
odds.  That  night  all  Broadway  was  ringing 
with  the  praises  of  the  Yankee  driver.  In 
the  clever  way  in  which  he  had  trimmed  the 
wise  men,  and  the  shrewd  drivers  opposing 
him.  Cox  had  made  his  name. 

Cox  maintained  his  home  stable  in  Man- 
chester, training  his  horses  in  the  Spring 
over  the  Nashua,  N.  H.,  track,  till  the  sea- 
son of  1905,  when  he  selected  Granite  State 
Park,  at  Dover,  for  his  training  quarters. 

"As  the  seasons  have  passed,  have  you 
noted  any  changes  in  the  mode  of  race  driv- 
nig?'" 

"I  should  say  so.  The  day  of  the  driver 
going  away  from  the  wire  rippity-bang  has 
passed,  unless  laying  all  over  the  field  in 
point  of  speed,  which  is  seldom.  Brains  count 
more  now  in  the  sulky  than  ever.  Time  in 
racing  has  passed,  it  not  being  how  fast  the 
heats  are,  but  the  class  of  the  horse  that 
counts.  Give  me  a  2  104  horse  and  I'll  beat 
a  2  :g5  one  in  heats  raced  in  from  2  -.oj  to 
2  :c8.  Yes,  and  make  him  look  cheap.  In 
some  part  of  the  mile  I'll  take  all  the  race 
out  of  that  chap  and  finish  practically  alone." 

"Young  drivers  are  coming  up.  What  is 
your  advice  to  them?" 

"Don't  wait  for  a  winning  tomorrow 
when  a  victory  can  be  earned  today.  Drive 
always  to  win,  regardless  of  a  record  on  the 
horse.  Nobody  ever  made  fame  in  the  sulky 
that  did  not  often  ride  in  front ;  even  the 
driver  coming  in  second  is  overlooked  by 
the  spectators  and  critics.  It's  the  man  in 
front  who  gets  the  glory,  reputation,  and 
finally  the  best  horses  in  his  stable.  Be 
honest,  and  leave  booze  for  the  other  fellow 
to   handle." 

"What  has  been  the  increased  cost  of  run- 
ning a  campaigning  stable  in  the  past  few 
years  ?  Other  things  have  gone  up ;  most 
likely  you  have  had  the  same  experience." 

"It  costs  about  twice  as  much  to  run  a 
racing  stable  now  as  it  did  ten  years  ago. 
At  that  time  it  was  nothing  for  a  groom  to 
care  for  three  horses.  Now  a  man  is  need- 
ed on  each  horse,  with  extra  helpers  on  the 
day  the  animal  races.  Railroad  and  express 
bills  have  been  jumped,  hotel  bills  increased 
to  quite  an  extent,  and  so  along  through 
the  list.  Today  every  horse  has  his  chest 
filled  with  boots  and  harness.  Each  horse 
has  his  own  sulky.  Ten  years  ago  one  sulky 
was  used  for  all  and  one  chest  of  boots  was 
all  that  was  required  for  the  string  of  horses. 


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"This  shows  the  additional  expense  for 
each  horse  as  well  as  the  large  increase  in 
luggage  that  has  to  be  carted  around.  The 
man  who  said  'The  luxury  of  today  is  the 
necessity  of  tomorrow,"  hit  the  nail  squarely 
on  the  head." 

That  it  is  a  pretty  ,1  tough  proposition  to 
skin  "Long  Shot"  Cox  at  any  game  was 
proved  one  forenoon  at  the  Nashua,  N.  H., 
track,  when  a  combination  of  the  trainers  put 
up  a  job  on  him.  They  got  a  tall  lanky  na- 
tive to  wager  a  couple  of  dollars  with  "Long 
Shot"  that  he,  the  tall,  lanky,  weighed  the 
most.  To  make  the  thing  sure  some  of  the 
boys  wound  strips  of  sheet  lead  around 
each  of  his  legs,  next  to  his  drawers.  "Long 
Shot"  was  a  little  afraid  he  was  beaten  on 
the  proposition,  so,  unbeknown  to  all,  he 
quietly  adjusted  a  big  block  of  lead  on  his 
shoulders,  under  his  coat.  Away  they  went 
to  be  weighed. 

"Long  Shot"  won  the  "darby,"  fetching  the 
scales  down  to  183  pounds  to  his  lanky  op- 
ponent's 181  1-2.  To  watch  the  two  return 
from  the  weighing-in  process  was  most 
laughable.  "Long  Shot"  was  horribly  round- 
shouldered,  while  his  competitor  walked  like 
a  rooster  with  frozen  feet,  at  each  stride 
bringing  a  foot  up  to  an  angle  that  would 
cause  a  prize-winning  hackney  to  turn  green 
with  envy. 

And  here  is  a  reason  why  Cox  never  lifts 
his  hat  in  response  to  grandstand  plaudits. 
He  has  been  pretty  nearly  the  whole  works 
in  the  New  England  for  many  seasons,  and 
acquired  a  big  following  that  has  watched 
him  with  much  interest.  Everybody  knows 
how  he  has  made  good,  and  it  seems  to  be 
conceded  that  none  of  the  star  mechanics  can 
outdrive  him. 

Every  time  he  wins  he  gets  the  glad  hand, 
good  and  plenty — but  he  never  seems  to  pay 
any  attention  to  applause.  A  number  of 
people  have  said :  "What's  the  matter  with 
that  man?  Why  doesn't  he  tip  nis  cap  to  the 
grandstand?" 

Well,  they  just  don't  know  what  the  mat- 
ter is.  "Long  Shot"  would  be  tickled 
enough  to  do  the  Tommy  Murphy  act,  but 
for  one  very  embarrassing  fact — though  still 
comparatively  a  young  fellow,  his  head  is  as 
bald  as  a  pool-ball.  Hence  he  prefers  to 
keep  his  nice  satin  cap  on  in  front  of  the 
grandstand.     Can   you  blame   him  ? 


CHAPTER  XI 

"Happy  Jack"  Trout  is  Mine  Host 
to  Members  of  Metropolitan  Club 

A  HISTORY  of  the  horsemen  of 
New  England,  and  Greater 
Boston  in  particular,  would  not 
be  complete  without  an  ac- 
count of  John  Trout,  known  to 
his  legion  of  friends  as  "Happy  Jack"  Trout. 
"Happy  Jack"  is  dallying  around  the 
seventy  year  mark,  and  his  eventful  career 
has  been  largely  spent  in  Boston  and  vicinity. 
The  past  eight  years  he  has  been  identified 
almost  entirely  with  the  matinee  sport,  he 
having,  on  June  I.  1906,  taken    charge    of    the 


What  is  a  horse  ?  A  horse  is  an  article  in  the 
sale  of  which  you  may  cheat  your  own  father 
without  any  imputation  on  your  honesty  or 
filial  duty.— H.  Smith. 


JOHN,  TF  OUT 

Metropolitan  clubhouse  at  the  Charles 
River  Speedway,  and  a  most  excellent  host 
has  he  been  to  the  members  of  that  organi- 
zation. In  the  stable  of  the  clubhouse  it  has 
been  his  duty  to  look  after  many  of  the  fast- 
est horses  raced  in  the  matinees. 

"Happy  Jack"  achieved  his  greatest  repu- 
tation as  a  driver  and  trainer  through  the 
gelding  Anaconda,  which  was  owned  by  Ed- 
win Rice,  the  well-known  young  sporting 
man  of  Boston.  Trout  gave  Anaconda  a 
record  of  2  :oi  3-4,  pacing,  and,  then,  under 
the  name  of  Knox  Gelatine  King,  which  an 
advertising  concern  in  New  York  had  given 
him  after  purchasing  him  from  Mr.  Rice. 
Trout  gave  him  a,  trotting  record  of 
2  :o9  3-.|. 

This  is  the  fastest  record  for  a  double- 
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Anaconda's  feat  of  establishing  a  record  of 
2  :oi  3-4  and  2  :o9  3-4^  an  average  of  2  :05  1-4, 
Jay-Eye-See  held  the  double-gaited  record  at 
2:06  1-4  pacing,  and  2:10  trotting,  an  average 
of  2:08  1-8.  The  difference  of  almost  three 
seconds  plainly  shows  the  sii])eriority  of 
Anaconda. 

L.ooking  back  over  the  career  of  "Happy 
Jack,"  it  is  noted  that  he  drove  his  initial 
race  in  1856  with  a  raw-boned  Canadian 
pacer,  owned  by  his  brother,  that  won  the 
race  in  3:01.  Shortly  after  this  he  opened 
a  livery  stable  near  Flenington,  N.  J.,  and 
remained  there  until  about  1870,  when  he 
campaigned  a  couple  of  horses  through  New 
York    state. 

It  was  during  this  time  that  he  met  Alden 
Goldsmith  and  engaged  to  handle  his  Vol- 
unteer stock.  While  with  Goldsmith  he 
drove  Driver,  2:19  1-4,  and  Huntress  to  her 
three-mile  record  of  7:21  1-4,  that  stood  as 
the  world's  record  for  twenty-one  years,  when 
Bishop  Hero,  in  1893,  reduced  it  to  7:19  1-4. 
In  accomplishing  the  feat  of  trotting  three 
miles  in  7:21  1-4,  Huntress  made  her  first 
mile  in  2 :28  3-4,  the  second  in  2 :26,  and 
the  third  in  2  -.26  1-2,  and  the  middle  half  of 
the  third  mile  was  stepped  in  i  :09.  This 
was  a  reduction  of  11  1-4  seconds  from  the 
previous  mark  for  that  distance.  The  event 
took  place  at  Prospect  Park,  Long  Island, 
on  September  21,  1872,  and  the  betting  odds 
were  $1,000  against  $250  that  the  trotting 
record  of  7:321-2  would  not  be  lowered. 

Trout  remained  with  Goldsmith  three 
years.  Then  he  returned  to  his  own  home  in 
New  Jersey  for  a  few  weeks'  visit,  and,  while 
there  he  met  William  Lovell,  who  proposed 
that  he  should  go  with  him  and  drive  the 
noted  trotter,  American  Girl,  2:161-2.  That 
was  the  year  of  1874. 

That  Fall  he  hired  out  to  John  Merrow, 
of  Boston,  to  train  and  drive  his  stable  of 
campaigners.  During  the  four  3'ears  he  was 
associated  with  Mr.  Merrow  he  successfully 
raced,  among  others,  the  noted  horse, 
Camors,  2:193-4,  and  Sea  Foam,  2:241-2. 

In  1878  Trout  opened  a  public  stable  at 
the  old  Beacon  Park.  The  years  of  1885-6, 
he  managed  Beacon  Park  and  it  was  in  those 
days  that  the  park  had  its  liveliest  times. 
The  old  Mill  Dam  road  was  the  Mecca  for 
the  local  road-drivers  during  the  sleighing 
season.  Charley  Perkins'  roadhouse,  the 
Hawthorne,  St.  Julien,  the  Albany,  and  other 
roadhouses  were  then  open  for  the  public  to 
put  their  steaming  horses  under  the  sheds 
while  they  partook  in  the  hotel  of  refresh- 
ments, both  wet  and  solid,  before  a  glowing- 
fire. 

Beacon  Park,  too,  was  especially  prepared 


for  racing  on  the  snow,  and  many  were  the 
match  events  decided  every  day,  and,  during 
the  Smnmcr  season  a  large  crowd  would 
congregate  every  forenoon  on  the. broad 
piazza,  that  faced  the  track,  to  watch  the 
horses  quartered  at  the  park  receive  their 
work,  and  discuss  the  merits  of  their  own 
horses.  This  frequently  led  to  an  argument 
between  enthusiastic  owners,  which  usually 
ended  in  each  putting  up  from  $100  to  $500 
and  racing  for  it  right  then. 

For  a  number  of  years  Trout  trained  at 
Mystic  Park,  one  of  the  best  that  he  raced 
during  that  period  being  the  pacing  mare, 
Allen  Maid,  2:161-2.  He  then  successfully 
handled  horses  for  Dr.  Fowler  of  Moodus, 
Conn. ;  J.  H.  Richardson,  owner  of  the 
Thorndale  Stock  Farm,  Andover,  Mass. ; 
Commodore  Cieorge  Perkins,  Webster, 
N.   H. ;  and   for   Edwin  Rice. 

In  running  the  clubhouse  for  the  members 
of  the  Metropolitan,  "Happy  Jack"  is  cer- 
tainly in  his  right  element.  As  a  host  he  is 
always  bubbling  over  with  good  humor,  can 
tell  a  story  well,  and  has  the  magnetism  that 
attracts  friends.  A  day  spent  with  "Happy 
Jack"  was  never  lost.  It  only  served  to  pro- 
long a  man's  life  in  making  him  feel  kinder 
to  mankind. 


CHAPTER    XII 


Trainer  E.  D.    Either   Who   Made 
Three  World's  Champions 

EDWIN  D.  BITHER  was  born  in 
Charleston,  Me.,  in  1851,  and  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  schools 
of  his  native  town.  When  seven- 
teen years  of  age  Mr.  Bither  began 
an  apprenticeship  in  the  profession  of  which 
he  has  since  become  one  of  the  most  prominent 
members,  and  for  three  years  he  was  asso- 
ciated with  Foster  S.  Palmer  of  Bangor,  Me., 
who  brought  out  and  developed  General 
Knox.  In  1 871  Mr.  Bither  availed  himself  of 
Horace  Greeley's  advice  and  went  West,  and 
m  1875  he  entered  the  employ  of  J.  I.  Case, 
Racine,  Wis. 

In  1879  Mr.  Case  visited  Kentucky  and 
purchased  of  Col.  West,  of  Georgetown, 
several  colts  and  fillies,  and  largely  owing  to 
the  advice  of  George  Brasfield,  a  black 
youngster  was  included  in  the  lot.  How 
little  any  then  present  imagined  the  plain- 
looking  black  yearling  was  one  day  to  be 
the  reigning  king  of  the  turf,  and  the  first 
trotter  to  put  the  magical  figures — 2:10 — on 
the    board. 

Shortly  after  this  Mr.  Case  made  another 
visit  to    Kentucky    and   this   time   purchased 


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of  Major  H.  C.  McDowell,  three  youngsters, 
Phallas,  then  a  two-year-old,  being  among  the 
number. 

In  1882,  when  he  was  four  years  old,  Jay- 
Eye-See's  first  real  work  began,  for  pre- 
vious to  that  time  he  had  never  been  sent  a 


EDWIN  D.  EITHER 

full  mile  at  speed.  In  1883  he  trotted  seven- 
teen races,  his  winnings  being  $22,500.  His 
campaign  was  one  of  the  greatest  on  record, 
commencing  at  Louisville,  Ky.,  on  May  11, 
defeating  Charley  Ford  in  straight  heats  and 
continuing  on  through  the  circuit  in  an  un- 
interrupted series  of  victories,  closing  at  Chi- 
cago on  October  23.  It  was  the  most  re- 
markable campaign  ever  made  by  a  five-vear- 
old. 

In  1884,  Jay-Eye-See  was  started  eight 
times  and  at  Providence,  R.  I.,  on  August  i, 
he  acquired  his  world  renowned  record  of 
2:10.  At  Belmont  Park.  August  15,  to  beat 
2  :o9  3-4,  he  made  two  unsuccessful  efTorts, 
his  time  being  2:11  and  2:10  1-4,  these  being 
the  fastest  consecutive  two  miles  then  ever 
trotted  or  paced. 

Phallas  made  his  appearance  on  the  turf 
in  1883  and  electrified  the  trotting  world  by 
winning  the  2  40  class  at  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
June  5  and  6,  his  fifth  heat  being  in  2:18  1-4. 
July  14  he  defeated  Adelaide  and  Index,  and 
five  days  later  trotted  the  memorable  race 
against  Majolica,  Felix  and  Index,  the  first 
named  winning  the  opening  heat  in  2  :i7,  and 
Phallas  the  last  three  in  2:161-2,  2:20, 
2:21  1-4.  At  Cleveland,  August  i,  Duquesne, 
who  had  just  acquired  a  record  of  2:173-4, 


and  Phallas  came  together,  the  former  win- 
ning the  first  heat  in  2:191-4,  and  Phallas 
the  next  three  in  2:15  1-2,  2:21  1-2,  2:17  1-2. 
In  the  second  heat  Phallas  could  have  then 
easily  beaten  the  best  stallion  record  of 
2:15  1-4,  had  Either  realized  how  fast  he  was 
going,  and  not  taken  the  horse  back  when  he 
found  the  heat  safely  won  at  the  head  of  the 
stretch.  After  several  more  victories,  the 
horse  went  into  Winter  quarters  with  a  rec- 
ord of  2:15  1-2. 

In  1884  Phallas  appeared  seven  times.  First 
in  Chicago,  July  4,  when  he  had  a  walk- 
over. On  the  14th,  at  the  same  place,  he 
met  Catchfiy.  Clemmie  G.,  and  Fannie 
VVitherspoon,  in  which  Catchfiy  started  a 
great  favorite,  and  being  a  still  greater  one 
after  winning  the  first  heat  in  2:193-4. 
Either  now  showed  the  backers  of  the  favor- 
ite on  how  slender  a  foundation  their  hopes 
rested,  as  he  sent  Phallas  to  the  front,  trot- 
ting- the  next  three  heats  in  2:15  3-4,  2:16  3-4 
and  2:13  3-4,  the  latter  being  the  world's  stal- 
lion record  and  the  fastest  fourth  heat  ever 
trotted  at  that  period. 

Phallas. was  again  a  great  horse  in  1885. 
At  Cleveland,  July  4,  he  met  the  bay  stallion, 
Maxy  Cobb,  who  had  acquired  the  record  of 
2:131-4  at  Providence,  on  September  30, 
1884.  This  was  expected  to  prove  the  great- 
est race  of  modern  times,  but  it  was  over 
when  he  reached  the  half-mile  pole  in  the 
second  heat,  and  Phallas  put  three  straight 
lieats  to  his  credit.  Later  he  met  and  de- 
feated Majolica  in  slow  time,  that  game  lit- 
tle gelding  being  in  no  condition  for  a  bruis- 
ing race.  Two  defeats  by  Harry  Wilkes,  in 
the  latter  of  which  Phallas  pulled  up  lame, 
ended  the  turf  career  of  this  famous  horse, 
which  was  then  retired  to  the  stud. 

After  having  been  with  Mr.  Case  for  fif- 
teen years,  Mr.  Either  in  1890,  severed  his 
connections  and  associated  himself  with  the 
Allen  Farm  in  Pittsfield,  Mass.  Here  he 
secured  control  of  what  was  destined  to  be 
another  world's  record-breaking  performer  in 
the  stallion,  Kremlin,  who  placed  the  record 
for  entire  horses  at  2:081-4  at  Nashville, 
Tenn.,  on  Xovember  5,  1892,  and  one  week 
later,  at  the  same  place,  still  further  reduced 
the  world's  record  to  2  :o7  3-4,  the  fractional 
time  of  the  mile  being  in  0:32  1-4,  1:03  1-4, 
I  :3.=i.   and   2:07  .^-4. 

Previous  to  this  Kremlin  had  gathered  to 
himself  the  $io,oco  stallion  race  at  Mystic 
Park,  and  the  famous  Transylvania  stake  at 
Lexington,  Ky.,  where  he  met  the  highest 
classed  field  of  horses  that  had  ever  heard  the 
Ijell  ring-  up  to  that  time  in  the  history  of  the 
trotting  turf.  He  started  in  the  race  in  the 
second  tier,  there  being  thirteen  horses  in  the 


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149 


event,    and    then    g-rabbed    off    the    race    in 
straight  heats. 

The  betting-  was  heavy,  the  odds  before 
the  initial  heat  being  as  follows :  Anderson's 
Nightingale,  $65 :  Hamlin's  Nightingale, 
$55;  Kremlin,  $50;  Walter  £.,  $30;  Little 
Albert,  $20;  Hazel  Wilkes,  $15;  Greenleaf, 
$15;  and  rest  of  the  field,  $10  and  $5  each. 
In  his  memorable  campaign  it  must  be  re- 
membered that  Kremlin  was  but  a  five-year- 
old,  and  it  was  then  considered  a  phenom- 
enal feat  for  a  stallion  to  gain  a  world's 
stallion  record  at  that  age.  All  over  the 
country  the  daily  press  had  big  headlines 
on  the  front  pages  saying,  "Great  is  Krem- 
lin !     Great  is  Either  !'' 

Out  on  the  coast,  Kremlin  had  a  most 
worthy  opponent,  in  Stamboul,  fighting  to 
take  from  him  the  stallion  crown.  While 
Kremlin  was  performing  in  the  balmy  air 
of  Tennessee,  Stamboul  was  considered  as 
having  a  slight  margin  the  better  of  him  in 
the  rare  autumnal  days  of  the  Pacific  coast 
and  a  kite-shaped  track  to  travel  over. 

Mr.  Either  was  at  the  Allen  Farm  for  five 
years  and,  besides  the  famous  Kremlin,  he 
campaigned  for  Wm.  Russell  Allen,  the 
owner  of  that  noted  stock  farm,  the  trotters 
Elista,  2:20  3-4;  Brava,  2:14  1-2;  Tom  Ar- 
den,  2:16  1-4.  etc. 

Another  very  prominent  stallion  cam- 
paigned by  Mr.  Either  was  Lynne  Bel, 
2:10  1-2,  which,  besides  winning  many  races 
in  the  hottest  of  company,  captured  two 
heats  in  a  Transylvania  stake.  With  Lady 
Geraldine,  owned  by  Isaac  Goff  of  Provi- 
elence,  he  won  the  Horse  Review  Futurity, 
the  two-year-old  filly  going  in  2:26  1-2. 
Later  this  mare  gained  a  record  of  2  :o8. 

In  1905  Mr.  Either  opened  a  public  train- 
ing stable  at  Readville,  he  being  the  first  train- 
er and  driver  to  locate  there  after  the  con- 
struction of  the  track.  Since  that  period 
he  has  devoted  himself  almost  entirely  to  the 
development  of  matinee  trotters,  among 
those  having  been  in  his  stable  being  Mack 
Mack,  2:08;  Gurta,  2:13  1-4;  Alondra,  2:18; 
Mike  Agan,  2:10  1-2,  and  Bronson,  2:12. 
Mr.  Either  did  all  of  Bronson's  preparatory 
work  in  his  well-known  campaign  of  1914,  in 
which  races  he  was  driven  by  his  owner, 
George  A.  Graves. 

It  is  a  matter  worthy  of  mention  that,  in 
1892,  Mr.  Either,  in  a  published  letter,  made 
the  assertion  that  the  time  would  come  when 
some  youngsters  would  trot  quite  as  fast 
when  two  and  three  years  of  age  as  they 
would  ever  go.  With  the  great  improve- 
ment in  breeding,  in  training  and  in  the 
tracks,  he  then  saw  the  feasibilitv  of  devel- 


oping the  speed  in  youngsters  to  such  an 
e.xtent  that  it  would  be  their  ultimate  limit. 

With  a  three-year-old  ]mcing  filly,  Anna 
Bradford,  going  close  to  two  minutes  in 
1914,  and  the  trotting  stallion,  Peter  'Volo, 
in  his  three-year-old  form,  going  his  third 
heat  in  2  :o3  1-2,  it  certainly  looks  as  though 
the  prophecy  made  by  Mr.  Either  twenty- 
two  years  ago  was  very  near  a  living  fact. 

Mr.  Either  joined  the  Metropolitan  Driv- 
ing Club  in  1914,  and  also  belongs  to  the 
fraternal  order  of  Masons.  He  resides  at 
Readville,  Mass. 


Racing  Only  for  the  Pleasure  and 
Sport  To  Be  Obtained 

HUW  often  is  heard  the  expression, 
"There  is  nothing  in  it.  It  does 
not  pay  to  own  a  trotting  horse." 
Why  men  who  own  fast  trotters 
and  pacers  should  invariably 
assume  this  attitude  with  regard  to  the  sport 
has  always  been  a  puzzle.  A  man  who  owns 
a  well-bred  harness  horse,  either  for  the 
purpose  of  driving  on  the  road,  racing  in 
matinees,  or  following  the  circuit,  does  so,  or 
should  do  so,  purely  for  the  pleasure  and 
sport  that  he  derives  therefrom. 

While  it  is  possible  that  he  may  derive 
some  pecuniary  benefit,  the  presumption  that 
he  should  always  do  so  is  ridiculous.  There 
is  no  reason  in  the  world  why  a  man  should 
derive  a  profit  from  his  pleasure  or  sport 
with  the  horse  any  more  than  he  should 
derive  pecuniary  benefit  from  following  the 
pastime  of  golf  or  the  sport  of  yachting. 

A  prominent  business  man  is  authority 
that  his  golf  club  connections,  from  which 
he  enjoyed  not  over  fifteen  days'  sport  for 
the  entire  season,  cost  him  over  $1,000,  and 
that  he  considered  it  money  well  spent.  If 
the  average  horse  owner  would  look  at  the' 
matter  in  the  same  light,  he  would  agree  that 
his  sport  is  cheap  at  the  price  he  pavs  for  it. 
Suppose  he  had  to  put  up  the  price  of  a 
iirst-class  horse  for  a  yacht,  and  then  pav  a 
crew  for  sailing  it,  and  a  watchman  to  stav 
with  it  over  night,  with  the  only  possible 
emolument  an  occasional  silver  cup? 

This,  be  it  understood,  refers  onlv  to  the 
gentleman  owner ;  the  driver,  trainer  and 
caretaker  are  in  the  sport  as  a  business,  and 
should  derive  a  profit  commensurate  with 
their  ability.  True,  there  are  also  those  who 
breed  and  raise  horses  for  the  pleasure  of  it, 
rather  than  for  any  desire  for  profit,  and  the 
pleasure  derived  from  the  breeding  of  a 
possible  world  beater,  or  prize  winner,  is  re- 
ward enough  for  the  time  and  money  spent 
in  this  pursuit. 


Equine  Portrait  Painters 
Who  Have  Won  Fame 

(By  Everett  L.  "Percy"  Smith) 


Permission  of  Trotter  and  Pacer 


OF  our  painters  of  horses  in  action, 
the  late  W.  Scott  Leighton,  of 
Boston,  was  facile  princeps.  His 
landscape  work  toward  the  end 
was  excellent,  and  he  got  atmos- 
phere into  his  skies.  As  a  colorist  he 
rivaled,  it  is  my  individual  pleasure  to  con- 
sider, the  great  Meissonier. 

I  saw  him,  back  in  the  70's,  working  on  an 
action  piece,  its  subject  the  snip-nosed 
Smuggler,  2:15  1-4,  the  champion  trotting 
stallion  from  1876  to  '84,  and,  in  a  way,  was 
a  pupil  of  his  at  his  Century  Building 
studio,  corner  of  Washington  and  Winter 
Streets,  Boston.  He  gave  instruction  gratis, 
and  was  my  kindest  instructor  of  all.  Like- 
wise, he  always  claimed  my  assistance  as 
critic  of  action  eiifect,  though  in  but  one  in- 
stance that  I  recall  was  I  of  actual  assistance. 
That  was  while  he  was  working  on  his  big 
canvas,  "Here  They  Come,"  for  which  he 
received  $,3,000,  and  derived  much  revenue 
from  photogravure  reproductions.  These 
readily  sold  at  $10. 

One  forenoon  he  was  puzzled  because 
none  of  several  sketches  for  the  central 
figure,  Charlie  Thorn  on  a  break,  satisfied.  I 
recall  taking  a  crayon  and  sheet  of  wrapping 
paper,  and,  by  twisting  the  head  one  side, 
convinced  him  horses  usually  "break  to  one 
side,"  and  that,  directly  behind  the  poll,  a 
bend  of  their  necks  is  necessary  to  give  that 
half-plunging  action  just  before  they  catch  to 
their  stride.  He  finished  his  figure  that  fore- 
noon, and,  if  I  do  say  it,  there's  not  a  better 
horse  "on  a  break"  in  oils.  Later  he  pre- 
sented me  a  rapidly  executed  facsimile 
sketch,  8x10,  of  Thorn  alone,  and  various 
other  tributes,  trifles  to  him,  golden  to  me. 

Li  his  "Three  Veterans,"  to  be  seen  in  the 
corridor  beyond  the  ladies'  entrance  at  the 
Adams  House,  he  shows  therein  his  versa- 
tility, and  the  three  dray  horses  there  posed 
include  a  strawberry  roan,  the  best  color 
work  in  existence  as  concerns  a  horse.  His 
■"Labor   Day,"   that    yielded    $1,000,    was    a 


masterpiece.  One  of  the  horse's  quarters 
were  chafed,  and  his  treatment  of  the  bare 
hide  scarce  could  be  bettered.  A  galled 
shoulder  also  was  well  executed.  It  is  in  a 
very  low  key. 

Leighton  delighted  in  painting  poultry 
and  excelled.  Ever  did  he  have  a  "set"  of 
fowl  caged  in  his  anteroom  at  the  studio  for 
constant  study.  The  coloring  of  a  brown 
leghorn  cock  ever  is  truthful,  and  the  rich 
tint  of  the  hackle  and  tail  feathering  abso- 
lutely beyond  criticism,  I  believe.  Alexander 
Pope's  "Peacocks  in  Central  Park,"  his 
sketches  of  dogs  and  still  life  were  grand, 
yet  he  could  not  paint  horses,  cattle  or  fowl 
as  did  Scott  Leighton.  Mr.  Pope's  (assisted 
b)f  Emil  Carlsen)  "Calling  Out  the  Hounds," 
in  the  corridor  of  Hurlburt's  Hotel,  a  gigantic 
canvas,  was  much  admired  and  has  been 
recently  done  over.  All  visitors  to  the  Mur- 
ray Hill  Hotel  cafe  recall  Mr.  Pope's  "Polo 
Players,"  his  still  life  work,  and  crated  Bos- 
ton terrier,  while,  in  the  reading-  room, 
above,  is  a  fine  dog  piece,  showing  English 
and  Gordon  setters,  with  shotgun,  game  bag 
and  accessories — a  well  remembered  piece. 

Returning  to  Leighton,  many  who  "went 
through,"  in  1880,  recall  having  seen  him  at 
work  from  life  in  their  roomy  boxes  painting 
the  set,  reproduced  at  $50  by  subscription, 
in  color,  comprising  Capt.  Lewis,  2:20  1-2, 
our  first  "plow-horse,"  that  Horace  Brown 
raced  so  well ;  Clingstone,  then  in  Charlie 
Predmore's  hands  and  at  2:19  3-4;  Black 
Cloud,  2:171-4,  that  had  the  stringhalt  so 
prominentl)',  and  Edwin  Thorn,  2:161-4, 
though  the  Thorn  piece  was  furnished  a  land- 
scape background.  He  told  me  how  much 
he  received  for  the  set,  yet  it  is  forgotten. 

It  was  a  delightful  privilege  watching 
Leighton  in  his  studio,  painting  his  superb 
action  pieces,  "Hickok  and  St.  Julien"  (he 
also  painted  it  with  a  Charter  Oak  Park 
backing) ;  "Bair  and  Maud  S.,"  with  a  road 
and  countryside  landscape  background. 
Also,  about  this  time,  he  painted  "Mill  Boy 


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and  Blondine,"  with  John  Shepard  driving ; 
"Edward  and  Dick  Swiveler,"  with  Murphy 
up,  at  Fleetwood  Park;  "Billy  D.,  with 
running  mate,"  for  J.  B.  Barnaby;  and,  later, 
a  new  set  for  reproduction  on  the  limited 
subscription  plan,  at  $25  the  pair,  and  com- 
posed of  "Mr.  Work  behind  Edward  and 
Swiveler,"  and  "Mr.  Vanderbilt  behind 
Aldine  and  Aland  S."  \'ery  likely  these  were 
painted  for  their  respective  owners,  yet  i 
have  seen  a  very  few  reproductions  and  pur- 
chased the  set  at  the  figure  mentioned, 
truthfully  reproduced  by  our  very  best 
chromo  lithographers,  Prang  &  Co. 

No  painter  worked  harder  than  did  Scott 
Leighton,  and  I  have  known  him  to  have 
above  100  sketches  and  partially  under-way 
pictures  in  the  studio  at  one  time.  All  of  his 
"sales"  were  successes,  and  today  his  work 
brings  very  high  prices,  though  seldom 
offered.  No  one  could  paint  yovmg  fowls  as 
did  he,  and  he  ever  could  be  found  at  Bates 
Farm  in  the  Spring,  making  studies  of  the 
little  Lamberts,  Abrahams,  Cobdens  or 
Wedgewoods.  In  cattle  work  he  also  was 
successful,  but  his  best  work  and  best  loved 
was  in  the  line  of  road  scenes  with  his  sub- 
jects at  speed. 

One  season  he  made  the  fatal  error  of 
copying  some  few  of  Adolph  Schreyer's 
pieces  with  their  Arabian  horses  and  war- 
riors, but  the  press  took  him  to  task  severely 
for  it.  Fortunately,  the  "break"  did  no  per- 
manent injury,  professionally  or  financially. 
No  painter  of  horses  ever  was  as  favored  by 
orders  at  remunerative  figures  as  was  he, 
once  he  got  to  be  known.  He  painted  nearly 
all  New  England  sires  of  note.  A  very 
creditable  piece  by  him  that  New  Yorkers 
may  see  is  the  portrait  of  Eva,  2:23  1-2, 
hanging  at  Durland's,  though  it  showed  age 
and  was  somewhat  in  need  of  retouching 
when  I  saw  it  last,  three  or  four  years  since. 

Well  do  I  recall  watching  Leighton  paint 
the  humorous  road  scenes  depicting  the  vil- 
lage parson  in  his  "one-hoss  shay"  cleaning 
up  the  road,  and  also  a  sleighing  piece  that 
he  did,  which  for  truthfulness  of  detail  were 
both  excellent.  Years  ago  he  did  these,  long 
before  he  gave  over  his  time  seriously,  to  his 
life  work.  He  leased  a  stable  in  the  heart  of 
Boston,  where  he  worked  from  life,  and  at- 
tended many  autopsies  at  the  abattoir  to 
study  anatomy  thoroughly.  All  in  all, 
Leighton  was  our  very  best  painter  of  the 
light  harness  horse,  and,  too,  the  most  pro- 
lific and  versatile. 

Years,  years  ago  we  had  here  Theodore 
Marsden  and  an  old  deaf  mute  named 
Mitchell,  both  of  whom  did  very  heavy  por- 
traits, painting  over  and   over,   rarely  using 


the  palette  or  oils.  Of  them,  Marsden  was 
by  far  the  better.  He  worked  directly  from 
life,  rarely  even  sketching  in  his  subject  with 
a  crayon. 

His  "Godfrey's  Patchen,"  showing  the  sire 
of  Hopeful  in  his  box,  was  his  best,  and  was 
warm  in  color  treatment,  somewhat  lacking 
the  true  stable  atmosphere,  I  ever  considered, 
though  it  has  had  many  admirers.  Few  ex- 
celled this  old  painter  as  to  securing  expres- 
sion of  the  eye,  in  painting  stallions  more 
especially,  and  he  always  gave  his  subjects 
plenty  of  bone  and  fought  away  from  high 
finish  or  overdoing.  His  landscapes  handi- 
capped him  badly.  Mitchell,  always  "hard 
up,"  accepted  mere  pittances  for  his  work, 
$100  rarely  being  paid  him,  where  Leighton 
received,  usually,  from  $250  to  $500  for  much 
smaller  canvases.  The  "Hopeful"  that 
Mitchell  painted  was  his  best  work,  and  the 
spots  the  little  gray  had  on  the  hoofs  are 
there  true  to  life. 

The  late  C.  B.  Fish  has  left  many  excel- 
lent canvases.  "Dan  Mace  and  Hopeful,"  in 
which  the  little  gray  is  shown  at  speed  to  a 
red  Portland  cutter,  is  easily  Fish's  best 
work.  His  reproduced  work  is  often  en- 
countered, and  "Ambassador,"  almost  "face- 
on"  :  "Axtell"  and  "Sunol"  in  their .  stalls 
were  well  sold.  In  stall  work  he  employed 
neither  blanket  decorations,  straw  effect  nor 
aught  else  than  grained  wood  sheathing, 
and  usually  painted  their  foretops  braided  in 
ribbons,  just  as  they,  of  course,  were,  though 
a  rather  stiff  and  unpleasant  method  of  treat- 
ment. Also,  he  ignored  the  purple  lake 
"sheen.'" 

In  his  portrait  work  of  their  drivers,  I 
think  Fish  can  scarce  be  faulted.  His  pose 
of.  Dan  Mace  is  good,  while  the  Doble,  in  hi? 
"Nancy  Hanks  at  Speed"  piece,  shows  the 
veteran  with  that  well  remembered  half 
smile,  and  one  is  impressed  that  it  is  Mr. 
Doble  and  not  some  mere  lay  figure. 

The  Albany  horse  painter,  Vanzandt,  did 
some  superb  work.  I  saw  him  at  Glens; 
Falls,  twenty  years  ago,  working  on  Delmar, 
2:t6  3-4,  for  the  late  W.  E.  Spier.  In  Frank 
Ferguson's  office  I  once  saw  a  really  clever 
piece  wherein  John  Murphy  is  riding  some 
trotter  whose  identity  I  just  at  the  moment 
do  not  recall. 

One  of  the  grandest  things  in  horse  por- 
traiture is  the  "head  of  a  trotter"  over  the 
mantel  of  the  clubhouse  at  the  Empire  City 
track,  and  yet  I  cannot  recall  the  artist,  a 
woman,  by  the  way,  I  think,  who  did  it. 
Aly  impression  is  that  it  is  a  portrait  of  Nut- 
shell, raced  first  by  Charlie  Sigourney  antl 
later  by  E.  R.  Bowne.  The  work  is  rarely 
executed   and   everv  detail  as  to  harness,   to 


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the  minutest  "runner"  or  "billet"  on  the 
straps,  true  to  the  clot. 

Gean  Smith's  work  lacks  versatility,  yet 
one  thing  he  does  do,  and  it  is  to  have  the 
driver  actually,  driving.  The  "Cobwebs"  at 
speed  that  hangs  in  Hon.  Nathan  Straus' 
office  is  one  of  his  best.  You  can  tell  a  Gean 
Smith  at  one  glance  always.  No  more  rapid 
worker  lives  in  the  field  of  horse  portraiture, 
and  he  easily  can  sketch  in  a  24x30  canvas 
and  rub  in  the  sky  and  landscape  all  inside 
one  workday. 

A  very  capable  painter  is  Miss  E.  L. 
Seavey,  formerly  of  Vermont  or  Quebec,  1 
forget  which.  She  did  "Bellini"  rarely  well, 
and,  variously,  has  painted  horses,  though  1 
would  consider  her  field  lay  in  cattle  work, 
after  having  seen  a  complete  set  that  she 
painted  to  the  order  of  Howard  Willetts,  of 
Gedney  Farm,  at  White  Plains.  Her  land- 
scape work  is  almost  beyond  criticism. 

At  Mr.  Hamlin's  Delaware  Avenue  Stables, 
in  Buffalo,  I  several  times  saw  a  mammoth 
canvas,  "Mambrino  King,"  on  parade,  led 
by  a  darky,  or,  better,  "lugging"  the  colored 
groom  along  as  he  strode  the  turf.  W.  W. 
Cross  painted  it,  and  it  must  be  10x15  feet  in 
area.  It  was  a  spirited  pose  painted  in  Cross' 
broadest  manner,  the  work  largely  having 
been  done  with  his  palette  knife  and  the 
paint  was  actually  "caked  on,"  so  heavily 
daubed  was  the  landscape  division  of  the 
piece.  Many  have  seen  it,  and  reproductions 
have  adorned,  in  half-tone  form,  the  Village 
Farm  catalogues  many  times.  All  that  Cross 
painted  for  the  "grand  old  man  of  Buffalo" 
pleased  the  owner,  though,  compared  to  a 
Leighton,  they  were  crude  indeed. 

Never  to  have  known  Cameron  or  A.  J. 
Schultz,  though  I've  seen  the  latter  sketch- 
ing Wedgewood,  2:19,  years  ago  at  the 
Bates  Farm,  I  must  pass  them.  Many  of 
Currier  &  Ives"  reproductions  are  signed 
"Cameron,"  and  are  of  horses  prior  to  the 
2:10  era.  A  colored  draughtsman,  hardly 
artist,  named  Johnson,  did  stipple  work  years 
ago,  though  hardly  finished  work.  Herbert 
S.  Kittredge,  lamented  by  all  who  have  seen 
his  black  and  white  at  work  in  the  latter 
70's  and  at  the  close  of  the  Wallace's 
Monthly's  career,  recall  his  splendid  outline 
and  anatomical  understanding,  yet  I've  never 
seen  anything  by  him  in  color.  Kittredge's 
drawing  of  Eeausire  I  think  his  best.  Also 
there  was  Cecil  Palmer,  whose  study  of 
Nutwood  on  stone  is  grand,  even  to  that 
white  splash  on  the  inside  of  the  hock,  where 
is  the  "issue."  He  chd  stallions  for  stock  farm 
owners  in  black  and  white,  though  I  never 
saw  a  painting  from  his  studio. 

At  Stony  Ford,  in  the  old  smoking  room. 


one  can  see  many  examples  painted  by  a 
man  named  "Scott,"  I  think.  All  are  very 
good,  as  concerns  the  horses,  though  lacking 
in  sunshine  effects  or  e.<cellence  of  landscape 
Avork.  Yet  they  were  painted  thirty  or  more 
ye  rs  ago,  I  suppose,  when  our  leading 
painters  considerecl  it  beneath  them  to  do 
animals,  and  but  "rummies"  were  supposed 
to  paint  a  horse,  even  on  an  order. 

Today    Boston    has  in  Wilbur    L.    Duntley 
one    who   is    doing    excellent   work.      I    have 


WILBUR  L.  DUNTLEY 

Secretary  Metropolitan  Club  1908-14  (Inclusive) 

always  thought  he  followed  Marsden  in  his 
endeavors,  so  likely  he  was  a  pupil  of  the 
Maiden,  Mass.,  artist.  It  is  likely  the  best 
effort  of  Mr.  Duntley  was  the  painting  "A 
Dash  for  a  Fortune,"  the  illustration  of 
Allen  Winter  winning  the  $50,000  American 
Trotting  Derby :  and  the  work  in  oil  of  the 
noted  Uhlan,  holder  of  the  world's  trotting 
record.  The  "Alta  Axworthy,"  with  Mr. 
Thomas  up  at  speed,  and  his  portrait  of  the 
lamented  "Nightingale,"  have  created  favor- 
able criticisms.  In  A.  J.  Furbush's  stable  at 
Brighton  is  a  suoerli  crayon  and  wash  por- 
trait of  Chief  Wilkie,  entitled  "King  of  the 
Speedway,"  which  is  true  to  life.  A  paint- 
ing, similarly  posed  of  the  same  subject,  also 
is  clever.  Mr.  Duntley  is  kept  very  busy  the 
year  round  at  his  Boston  studio. 

Robert  L.  Dickey  and  George  Ford 
Morris  do  excellent  work  in  oils,  while  Ford 
Morris  is  indeed  proficient  in  water  color 
work  and  sepia.  Mr.  Dickey's  portrait  of 
"Oakland  Baron"  was  much  admired  up  at 
Poughkeepsie,  in  Mr.  Ruppert's  house  at  the 


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track.  He  held  an  interesting  exhilMtion  of 
his  work  in  Chicago  some  years  ago,  and  is 
now  located  in  New  York  City.  Mr.  Dickey 
has  achieved  fame,  also,  as  a  cartoonist,  his 
very  clever  work  in  that  direction  on  the  Horse 
Review  being  one  of  the  particularly  brilliant 
features  of  the  enterprising  turf  publication. 
He  is  a  cartoonist,  too,  of  a  clean  vein  of  hu- 
mor, his  drawings  never  leaving  a  scar  of  re- 
gret in  the  memory  of  his  subjects,  so  deli- 
cately are  they  handled. 

I.eigh  S.  Toman,  son  of  the  editor  of  the 
Trotter  and  Pacer,  has  made  a  favorable 
name  for  himself  in  reproductions  of  color 
examples  in  issues  of  holiday  numbers.  He 
appears  at  his  best  in  decorative  work.  It  is 
pleasing  to  note  that  he  overcomes  the  tend- 
encv  to  employ  a  camera  to  secrre  his 
poses,  as  never  will  that  sort  of  work  be 
considered  by  a  critic  as  "art." 

It  i\s  a  fact  today  very  few  can  earn  a 
living  depending  on  painting  mere  ordered 
work,  and  the  advertising  line  of  work  seems 
to  ofifer  but  little  of  commercial  encourage- 
ment. Anv  painter,  to  stoop  to  paint  some 
piece  intended  merely  to  advertise,  had  bet- 
ter put  aside  his  layout,  put  on  overalls  and 
dig  ditches  if  he  must  work  or  starve. 
Where  one  has  leisure,  loves  the  work,  and 
need  not  worry  as  to  the  commercial  side, 
painting  horses,  if  one  but  could  have 
Bingaras  to  work  from,  is  mighty  interesting 
as  a  pastime. 

It  ever  seems  strange  that  so  many  who 
will  pay  high  prices  to  purchase  horses  can 
hardly  be  induced  to  order  a  portrait  at 
above,  say,  $50,  whereas  one  almbst  always 
finds  in  the  homes  of  the  wealthy  some  paint- 
ing of  a  favorite  dog,  and  the  work  of  the 
Dutch  cattle  painters  or  Mouks"  splendid 
sheep  pieces  command  ready,  sale.  The  late 
j.  !\Ialcolm  Forbes,  brother-in-law  of  that 
true-blue  sportsman,  the  late  Colonel  Henry 
S.  Russell,  once  told  me  he  cared  absolutely 
nothing  for  an  oil  painting  of  a  horse,  yet 
would  pay  as  much  as  painters  asked  could 
be  but  secure  photographs,  absolutely  true  to 
life,  of  equal  areas.  He  showed  me  some 
magnificent  photos  of  Nancy  Hanks,  and 
remarked,  "They  are  perfect,  no  painting  of 
her  possibly  could  please  me  as  well."  A 
very  liberal  man  and  wealthy,  he  yet  commis- 
sioned some  colorist  to  paint  his  beautiful 
yachts,  "Puritan"  and  "Mayflower,"  though 
to  !)e  sure  one  could  hang  a  yacht  piece  in 
one's  reception  room  where  a  portrait  of  a 
horse  would  be  considered  only  eligible  to 
hang  in  a  den,  billiard  room,  corridor, 
stable,  office  or  lounging  room. 


CHAPTP.R   II 

A  Reminder  of  the  Days  When  the 
Pool  Box  Told  the  Odds 

OH,  for  a  return  of  those  good  old 
days  we  liked,  many  of  us,  to 
stand  and  watch  "Ned"  Morse, 
or  Frank  Herdic,  or  Charlie 
Stiles,  or  Ed  Lowry,  or  Bride  (of 
Bride  &  Armstrong),  or  "Silver  Bill"  Riley 
or  someone  else,  "sell  'em  out"  and,  as  the 
auctioneer  knocked  one  clown,  to  catch  as  he 
stooped  over  and  addressed  his  clerk,  the 
mysterious  "Forty-nine"  (Wallace  Peirce), 
"Hube"  or  "Starch"  (the  Brothers  Hubin- 
ger),  or  "S.  W."  (John  R/lcNally)  or  the 
"Single  M.  number  two,"  the  "Andy"  (A.  J. 
Welch)  or  the  this  or  that.  "Joe"  might  be 
"Diamond  Joe"  (John  Costen  of  Cincinnati) 
or  "Columbus  Joe,"  for  aught  we  knew. 

It  was  fun  to  watch  a  buyer  like  the  late 
Pendleton,  of  Providence,  always  "Pen" 
everywhere.  Fie  could  lift  an  eyelash,  move 
his  ratty  walking  stick  merely  an  inch  or  so, 
or  nod  his  head,  and  yet  bet  good  chunks  for 
men  like  C.  J.  Hamlin,  the  late  James 
Golden,  the  seldom  -  seen  -  in  -  a  -  poolroom 
"General"  Turner,  or  others,  and  no  one  ever 
saw  or  knew  anything  of  it  unless  a  careful 
observer.  Many  times  we  were  told  to 
"watch  Pen,"  and,  if  he  played  Thus  and  So, 
it  was  educated  money  working  the  charm. 

Back  when  Charlie  Tanner  was  with  the 
lamented  James  A.  Goldsmith  (he  never 
drove  those  days,  yet  shipped  the  stable  and 
was  of  great  value  to  both  the  famous  reins- 
man  and  Barney  Ferry  at  all  moments),  he 
played  thousands  of  dollars  for  the  plucky 
Orange  County  man,  and,  too,  "Doc,"  as  all 
call  him,  knew  about  what  the  opposition  had 
done  by  way  of  trials,  "up-seconds,"  and  the 
current  stable  chat  as  to  whether  they  "were 
meant"  or  not :  if  off  their  feed  or  having  sore 
thumbs  or  otherwise,  and  how  near  "over 
their  last  race  the}-  were,  etc.,"  and  was,  as 
now.  a  very  close  observer.  In  those  davs  I 
guess  comparatively  few  imagined  that  he 
was  a  remarkably  proficient  speed  maker  in 
embryo. 

Our  old  Boston  tracks  and  one  or  two  built 
in  boom  times  down  at  Portland,  Me.,  have 
gone  their  way.  Years  ago  we  had  a 
splendid  half-mile  track  circuit  hereabouts, 
with  Lawrence,  Worcester,  Lowell,  Fitch- 
burg,  Taunton.  Brockton,  Attleboro,  Woon- 
socket  and  various  towns  in  Connecticut  in- 
cluded, yet  even  this  now  has  given  wav  be- 
fore the  anti-pool  selling  crusade,  and  seem- 
ingly but  the  "strictly  fair"  circuit  has  a 
chance    to    live,    unless,    mayhap,     the     Bay 


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State  Short  Ship  Circuit,  which,  I  hear,  did 
vrry  well  in  its  initial  season. 

I  well  recall,  during  one  of  the  big  New 
England  fairs,  held  always  there  at  the  old 
Worcester  Fair  Grounds,  seeing  Gus  Dore 
(Lester's  father)  drive  Galatea  a  heat  in  2  :28 
and  that  it  was  the  track  race  record  at  the 
moment  and  was  proudly  announced  by  Tom 
King,  who  always  acted  as  starter  there.  It 
was  in  1881,  and,  over  the  same  track,  1 
afterward  saw  Prince  A.,  Corinne,  Ned 
Winslow  and  others  perform  many  seconds 
faster,  some  of  the  miles  toward  the  very  end 
of  the  pretty  old  track's  history  having  been 
right  at  2:10,  writing  from  memory.  C.  M. 
Dyer's  pretty  trotter,  Careless  Boy,  trotted 
an  exhibition  heat  there  one  day,  in  1879  or 
1880,  in  2  128,  as  I  recall,  and  many  there  that 
day  doubtless  believed  they  would  never  see 
his  equal  among  Worcester  owned  trot- 
ters, yet,  when  they  allowed  "selling"  there, 
Worcester  was  one  of  the  best  towns  on  the 
New  England  circuit.  The  area  occupied  by 
the  track  and  its  complement  of  buildings  is 
today  built  completely  over  and  not  to  be 
recognized  by  sentimentalists,  who  like  to 
think  back  to  the  New  England  Fair  as  our 
one  to-be-perpetuated  institution. 

At  Westboro,  ten  miles  east  of  Worcester, 
occurred  one  of  the  amusing  incidents  con- 
nected with  our  turf  events  that,  after  all,  are 
really  to  be  laughed  over.  A  meeting  at  the 
half-mile  track  (now  no  more)  wound  up  at 
dusk  the  last  day  and  the  last  race  looked  to 
have  a  carried-over  inclination.  Heats  were 
split  up,  horses  tired  and  no  one  was  willing 
to  settle  it  as  per  summary.  Accordingly, 
-»John  Kervick  thought  up  a  plan  to  end  the 
race  and  get  the  money  divided.  He  pulled 
into  the  bushes  on  the  back  stretch,  rejoined 
the  tired  horses  with  one  fresh  enough  to  do 
the  trick  and  got  the  money,  despite  the  un- 
usual protest  and  investigation. 

At  old  Beacon  Park,  before  George  Hicks 
caused  to  be  razed  the  famous  "willows"  at 
the  stretch  turn  for  home,  many  were  the 
Onawa-like  breaks  and  attendant  growls.  1 
can  hear  them  yet — "I  don't  suppose  you 
judges  saw  So  and  So  run  clean  through 
them  willows !"  Then  the  accused  driver 
made  his  plea.  No  patrol  judge  clause  then. 
It  Vv'as  really  a  feature  of  especially  the 
winter-overcoating  meetings  there.  Ah ! 
Those  late  meetings,  held  as  late  as  "October 
32d,"  I  guess  were  pleasurable  affairs  after 
all,  and,  whether  they  were  framed  up  or 
otherwise,  we  saw  hammer-and-tongs  races 
just  the  same. 

Mr.  Feek  came  over  from  Syracuse, 
usuallv  Grady  (he  lived  there  then).  Dougrey, 
Alta  ^McDonald  and  Frazier  came  down  from 


Albany,  Tom  McAloon,  Woodbury  and 
Libby  came  up  from  Maine,  Fred  Reynolds 
was  at  Charter  Oak  then,  and  he  and  ''Gene" 
Hyde,  together  with  Shillinglaw,  usually  gave 
them  some  entries :  Twitchell  from  the  west- 
ern part  of  the  State,  Houghton  and  Wash- 
burn from  Worcester,  Swan  and  others  from 
up  Athol  way,  and  various  others  from  as 
far  away  as  Baltimore  had  horses  in,  and  all 
wanted  to  get  the  money  if  they  could  escape 
a  mark,  and  "Gamey"  will  tell  you  that  is  the 
really  artistic  feat  and  makes  for  interesting, 
amusing  races  and  stand  management,  if  at 
all  rightly  conducted.  One  heat  may  be 
2:34  1-.4,  and  the  next  in  2:24  1-4,  for  some- 
times an  owner  of  some  stallion  wanted  a 
race-record — and  he  got  it,  too. 

The  bologna  sandwiches  tasted  just  as  well, 
let  me  add,  as  though  every  rule  in  that  book 
"went."  The  coffee,  even  without  fancy 
trimmings  and  tongs  to  handle  cut  sugar, 
tasted  satisfactor}? — possibly  it  had  a  few 
dried  beans  mixed  therewith,  and  no  one 
uttered  a  protest  because  of  price  or  service. 
I've  seen  men  of  considerable  wealth  elbow 
neighbors  with  "Mike-the-Tramp,"  eating  as 
heartily  at  these  10-20-30  lunch  counters  at 
the  tracks  as  though  surrounded  by  brokers 
at  the  swell  clubs  where  dues  alone  amount 
to  hundreds  annually  and  with  a  waiting  list 
only  utilized  in  the  event  of  a  death  among 
the  older  members. 

Today  the  owner  rides  to  the  races  in  his 
$10,000  auto,  the  chauffeur  receives  more 
than  a  trainer's  charges  for  handling  a  sea- 
son's sensation,  everyone  has  his  private  car 
for  the  horses,  the  swipes  wear  uniforms, 
washes  and  other  preparations  are  put  up  in 
convenient  form  to  be  merely  diluted  and 
applied  under  cotton,  they  are  put  away  for 
the  night  and  "the  stable"  is  at  the  theatre 
enjoying  a  roof  garden  show,  whereas,  in  the 
old  days,  the  owner  and  trainer  remained  to 
see  the  race  performer  cooled  out  and  put 
away,  and  frequently  going  without  their  own 
supper,  merely  catching  a  late  bite  in  town 
before  retiring.  Nothing  at  all  suggestive  of 
the  old  gipsy-like,  halfway  camping  out  life 
from  Cleveland  to  Boston  does  one  see,  and 
the  old  "hotels"  at  the  track  entrances  have 
gone  their  way.  Never  do  we  see  a  party  in 
a  landau  at,  say,  thirty  dollars  for  the  after- 
noon and  evening,  as  well  as  paying  for  feed- 
ing the  horses,  wining  and  dining,  as  well  as 
liberally  tipping  the  driver, — this  whether 
winners  or  losers  on  the  day. 

No,  it  is,  seemingly,  forever  past,  this  tem- 
porarily "high  life"  chapter.  Money  appears 
to  be  tight  and  men  like  the  late  Major  Dick- 
inson, Matthew  Rilev,  Col.  Lawrence  Kipp, 
Col.  William  Edwards,  the  brilliant  and  ver- 


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satile  Fasig,  and  others,  too  numerous 
almost  to  mention,  who  could  spend  a  hun- 
dred dollars  entertaining"  their  friends  all  in- 
side of  two  or  three  hours  at  the  hotels  after 
the  day's  races,  and  remained  ever  loyal  to 
the  trotters,  through  panics  and  all  upsets  of 
markets  or  legal  calculations,  who  could  well 
afiford  to  lose  the  small  sums  they  wagered 
out  of  pure  sentiment,  and  who  never 
stopped  to  figure  whether  their  horses  in 
training  paid  their  way,  and  who,  on  winning 
a  stake,  always  presented  the  net  amount  to 
the  trainer  and  in  addition  "remembered  the 
boys"  to  the  tune  of  fifty  apiece  or  such  mat- 
ter, all  has  forever  passed  into  the  pleasant 
past  of  our  trotting  turf  history. 


The 


CHAPTER  III 
Old   Story— "The    Best 
the  Mare  Ever  Foaled" 


Colt 


F 


EW,  very  few,  among  our  mer- 
chants today  keep  a  mare  or  two 
at  some  near-the-city  stock  farm, 
and,  regularly,  when  brain- 
fagged  or  the  weather  is  too  hot 
to  be  enjoyed  in  town,  organize  a  parlor  car 
party  and  spend  a  week-end  at  the  stock 
farms,  hopeful  that  their  favorite  road  mare, 
now  retired  to  the  ranks  of  the  matrons,  mav 


yet  throw  a  stake  winner,  and  rarely  counting 
cost  of  keep,  or  other  expense,  so  long  as  the 
colts  come  straight  and  resemble  some 
especially  famed  ancestor. 

Did  you '  ever  see  the  fond  owner  who 
failed  to  remark,  as  the  week-old  youngster 
sticks  out  his  boot-brushlike  tail  and  strides 
off  a  rod  or  two,  "That's  a  trotter,  and  he  is 
by  all  odds  the  best  the  old  mare  has 
foaled !"  It's  the  old  story.  Always  are  they 
best  at  week-old  form  and  later,  if  perchance 
a  curl)  appears  to  be  "set"  and  not  a  case  of 
sickle-hock-that-will-straighten-with-age,  you 
know  how  sure  they  are  to  have  "slipped  on 
the  ice  and  somehow  thrown  out  that  curb, 
etc."  Of  course,  it  is  to  be  regretted.  Al- 
ways did  we  draw  our  finger  down  the  back 
tendon  and  try  to  convince  ourselves  that,  at 
the  curb-joint  the  leg  was  clean  and  that  it 
was  but  a  matter  of  prominent  "side"  devel- 
opment. Not  even  "rounding"  were  we  ready 
to  admit.  No,  no  colt  ever,  even  today,  I 
presume,  is  foaled  admittedly  curby,  and 
always  some  stall  strain,  some  trifling  acci- 
dent causes  it  all. 

Who  ever  saw  a  broken  down  juvenile  that 
wasn't  the  fastest  thing  when  a  two-year-old 
ever  foaled  in  the  county  ?  Nothing  ever  had 
the  excuses  made  for  it  to  compare  with  the 
colt  of  high  hopes,  expensive  service  fee  and 
extensive  staking,  and  ever  will  it  be  thus. 


"THE  BEST  COLT  THE  MARE  EVER  FOALED" 

Ouilberta  (2),  2:29  3-4,  by  Bingara,  dam  Regal  Lassie,  2:26  1-4,  by  Ralph  Rex,  2:26  3-4. 

Holding  the  Filly  is  William  Wright,  Stallioneer  at  the  Allen  Farm. 

Owned  by  Everett  L.  Smith 


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This  one  trotted  Readville  in  2:12  at  four, 
but  went  wrong  during  some  cooling  out 
heat,  or  else  sprained  a  ligament  while  being 
led,  or  slipped  on  the  platform  while  shipping 
and  all  that,  and  always,  too,  are  they  tried, 
blistered  and  turned  out,  yet  one  more  sea- 
son, etc.,  and  the  Tertimins,  Travelessos, 
Tregantles,  Anna  jNIaces,  Azotes,  and  vari- 
ous others  that  have  had  small  fortiyies  spent 
educating,  car-traveling  and  "experiencing" 
them  are  far  more  numerous  than  the  mere 
reader  realizes. 

Yet,  sometime,  you  too  may  have  one  to 
go  trot  or  pace  a  ciuarter  around  30  seconds 
handsomely,  and  so  early  in  life  it  does  seem 
a  sure  two  minute  proposition,  vv'ith  the 
William  or  Baden  sweep  of  the  big  line 
stakes,  then  the  subsequent  sale  to  some 
wealth/  enthusiast  for  sensational  money. 
Anticijiatory  moments  are,  however  expen- 
sive, olttimes  sw«:et,  and  it  is  after  all  the  one 
great  gamble — will  he  keep  sound,  get  the 
one  day  with  just  his  track  and  that  flag  that 
hangs  limp  at  the  posthead  on  the  grand- 
stand i 


National  Trotting  Association  Was  Or- 
ganized in  1870  at  Providence,  R.  I. 

The  National  Trotting  Association  was  or- 
ganized as  a  voluntary  association  in  February, 
1870,  under  the  name  of  the  National  Associ- 
ation for  the  Promotion  of  the  Interests  of  the 
American  Trotting  Turf,  which  name  was 
changed  for  the  present  one  at  the  biennial 
congress  held  in  1878;  and  in  1884  the  organ- 
ization became  incorporated  under  the  charter 
then  procured. 

The  inaugurating  meeting  in  1870  was 
composed  of  delegates  representing  the  lead- 
ing trotting  parks  of  the  country  assembled 
upon  the  invitation  of  the  Xarragansett  Park 
Association  of  Providence.  That  invitation 
was  issued  in  the  Fall  of  1869,  and,  -referring 
to  the  abuses  which  had  become  prevalent  at 
trotting  meetings,  proposed  the  formation  of 
a  national  trotting  association  and  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  code  of  rules  for  the  govern- 
ment of  all  as  the  surest  means  of  correcting" 
those  abuses,  and  of  elevating  and  protecting 
the  standing  and  character  of  the  American 
trotting:  turf.  That  invitation  received  the 
indorsement  and  support  of  the  press 
throughout  the  country,  and  resulted  in  an 
earnest  and  enthusiastic  meeting,  which,  dtu'- 
ing  a  three  days'  session,  framed  and  adopted 
a  code  of  laws,  elected  officers  and  accom- 
plished the  initial  organization. 

The  first  president  of  the  association  was 
Amasa  Sprague,  of  Providence,  who  resigned 
the  office  at  the  congress  of   1876,  when  he 


was  succeeded  by  C.  W.  Woolley,  of  Cin- 
cinnati ;  then,  upon  the  resignation  of  the 
latter,  the  congress  of  1880  elected  to  the 
office  James  Grant,  of  Davenport,  la.,  who 
held  the  office  until  February  8,  1888,  when, 
upon  his  declining  a  re-election,  P.  P.  John- 
ston, of  Lexington,  Ky.,  the  present  incum- 
bent, was  elected. 

The  first  secretary  was  George  H.  Smith, 
of  Providence,  who,  in  August,  1872,  was 
fiucceeded  by  D.  F.  Longstreet,  also  of 
I^rovidence,  who  resigned  in  July,  1874, 
when  Thomas  J.  Vail,  of  Hartford,  was 
chosen.  Mr.  Vail  held  the  office  until  May, 
1887,  and,  upon  his  resignation,  M.  M. 
Morse,  of  Paw  Paw,  111.,  was  appointed.  He 
resigned  in  December,  1895,  and  W.  H. 
Gocher,  of  Cleveland,  O.,  the  present  secre- 
tary, was  elected. 

Under  the  first  code,  annual  meetings  of 
the  members  were  held  until  1874,  when  an 
amendment  was  adopted  establishing  bi- 
ennial meetings.  At  these  meetings  (or  con- 
gresses), the  by-laws  and  rules  are  revised 
and  new  ones  enacted,  and  the  president  ar 
vice-presidents  and  district  members  of  the 
board  of  appeals  are  chosen — the  secretary 
and  treasurer  being  appointed  by  the  board 
of  review. 


Horses  Enjoy  Human  Companionship 

The  fact  that,  with  few  exceptions,  all  ani- 
mals enjo}'  human  companionship,  and,  that 
the  horse  ranks  first  in  his  appreciation  of 
sociability,  is  fully  appreciated  by  all  who  un- 
derstand ecjuine  nature.  The  amount  and 
quality  of  conversation  used  in  giving  com- 
mands, or  in  censuring  the  animal  when  a 
command  has  been  misinterpreted,  is  not 
sufficient.  Take  advantage  of  every  oppor- 
tunity that  offers  to  give  your  charge  a 
friendly  word  or  pat ;  it  will  encourage  him 
to  greater  efforts  and  incidentally  will  place 
you  on  more  friendly  terms  with  yourself. 

The  horse  fully  realizes  when  one  speaks 
to  him  kindly ;  and  although  some  so-called 
human  beings  may  not  always  appreciate  the 
kindly  tone,  the  horse  always  does.  The 
horse  that  trusts  his  master  will  do  anything 
he  can  for  him,  which  is  not  the  promise  of  a 
politician,  either.     The  horse  will  do  or  die. 

One  of  the  secrets  of  all  skilled  trainers 
and  teachers  is  a  low,  well-modulated  voice, 
which  is  much  more  effective  than  harsh 
words  or  a  whip.  This  is  most  especially 
true  of  the  horse  whose  sensitive,  excitable 
nature  makes  him  so  miserable  and  unstrung 
when  angry  words  are  yelled  at  him  that  he 
loses  his  head  entirely,  and  the  lesson  such 
words  were  intended  to  convey  is  not  only 
lost,  but  a  bad  effect  is  produced. 


How  Major  Delmar  Won  the  Massa- 
chusetts Stake 


(Ry  Charles  M.  Jewett) 


Secretary  uf  Readville  track  through  its  best 
years  of  racing  and  counted  the  peer  of  all  secre- 
taries in  the  country.  Mr.  Jeivett  is  an  expert 
amateur  driver,  as.  at  the  opening  of  the  club- 
house at  Readville  he  drove  Charles  IVhitte- 
more's  trotter,  Timbrel,  to  zuagon  in  2:11  3-4.  tJie 
third  heat  of  a  zvinning  race,  zuhich  zvas  at  the 
time  the  zvorld's  amateur  trotting  record  to 
zvagon.  In  his  official  position  Mr.  Jezvett  had 
"inside"  information  of  many  turf  events  not 
available  for  the  lay  public.  He  entertainingly 
zurites  of  some  prominent  Readville  track  races. 


(Photo  from  Boston  Herald) 


T 


HE  biggest  betting  race  that  oc- 
curred at  Readville  was  in  the 
race  for  the  "Massachusetts"  of 
1902.  The  purse  that  year  was 
$15,000,.  and  eighteen  horses 
started,  with  The  Roman  a  pronounced 
favorite.  This  race  was  won  by  Major 
Delmar  in  straight  heats,  and  it  will  be  seen 
that  the  betting  had  to  be  fast  and  furious  to 
reach  such  a  magnitude.  Frank  Herdic  told 
me  that  this  was  the  greatest  betting  race 
that  ever  occurred  at  a  trotting  track,  and  to 
me  the  fact  that  only  a  few  more  than  three 
hundred  individuals  participated  in  the  great 
volume  of  speculation  has  always  been  a 
matter  of  surprise.  I  took  the  pains,  the  fol- 
lowing Winter,  to  tabulate  the  pool-sellers' 
book,  and  found  that  less  than  three  per  cent 
of  those  who  paid  admission  at  the  gate  that 
day  purchased  pools  on  the  event. 

The  race  that  year  was  a  nomination  event, 
horses  to  be  eligible  at  closing  time  and 
named  shortly  before  the  race.  The  late 
George  Van  Dyke,  of  Boston,  bad  taken  a 
nom'nation  for  Kwanon,  2:12  1-2,  then 
owned  by  him.  The  horse  did  not  train  well, 
and  Mr.  Van  D3'ke  was  anxious  for  me  to 
secure  a  starter  for  him.  I  had  attended  the 
meeting  at  Detroit  and  Cleveland  and  saw 
Major  Delmar  win  a  purse  race  at  both  those 
towns. 

The  horse  had  not  been  staked,  which 
makes  it  apparent  that  he  had  not,  the  previ- 
ous year,  shown  the  class  that  the  Readville 
race  later  proved  he  possessed,  but  I  was 
strongly  impressed  by  the  horse  in  his  race 


"t  Detroit,  and  tried  to  sell  to  the  late  Alta  P. 
McDonald  (who  had  him)  Mr.  Van  Dyke's 
nomination  in  the  Massachusetts,  but  with- 
out success.  Again,  at  Cleveland,  I  felt  sure 
that  the  horse  was  of  Massachusetts  calibre, 
but  Alta  said  he  was  not  "good  enough." 
From  Cleveland  I  returned  to  Readville  for  a 
day  or  two,  leaving  the  following  Sunday  for 
pjuffalo.  at  which  meeting  my  entries  closed 
on  jNIonday. 

Sunday  Mr.  Van  Dyke  came  out  to  the 
track  and  asked  me  if  I  had  secured  a  horse 
for  his  nomination.  I  told  him  I  had  not, 
but  that  there  were  three  possibilities  not 
already  engaged  in  the  event :  two  of  these 
were  in  the  stable  of 'Ed.  Benyon,  Walnut 
Hall  (afterward  the  sire  of  the  Harvester") 
and  Ozalma,  the  third  and  the  one  that  I 
liked  best  was  a  bay  gelding  called  Major 
Delmar,  in  the  stable  of  Alta  McDonald,  but 
that  McDonald  did  not  think  him  good 
enough  for  such  a  race.  I  then  grew  en- 
thusiastic in  my  description  o;  the  horse,  and 
Mr.  Van  Dyke  said : 

"You  see  Alta  in  Buffalo  tomorrow  and 
tell  him  that  I  will  name  the  horse  on  my 
romination  in  the  'Massachusetts.'  If  he 
wins  anything,  Fll  take  the  entrance  money 
out  and  he  can  have  the  rest." 

Mr.  ^/an  Dyke  was  taking  a  dying  chance 
of  saving  his  $750.  I  told  Mr.  \"an  Dyke 
that  McDonald  was  not  engaged  at  Buffalo, 
but  would  be  at  Poughkeepsie  that  week. 
"Get  him  on  the  telephone  there  and  have 
l:im  start  the  horse." 

The     following     morning,     at     Buffalo,     I 


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talked  with  Alta  in  Poughkeepsie,  and  he 
told  me  to  go  ahead  and  name  the  horse. 

The  morning  of  the  race,  Alta  came  into 
the  office  at  Readville,  whip  in  hand — he  was 
there  warming  up  Delmar — and  said : 

"Mr.  Jewett,  repeat  the  terms  on  which 
Delmar  is  named  in  this  race.  As  the 
arrangement  was  made  by  telephone,  I  wish 
to  be  sure  we  understand  it  alike." 


MAJOR  DELMAR,  1:59  3-4 

I  repeated  the  proposition  I  had  made 
over  the  wire,  and  he  said,  "That  is  right,  and 
as  I  understand  it,"  and  was  turning  to  go 
out  when  I  said  to  him,  "You  know,  Alta, 
that  we  are  to  give  a  consolation  with  a 
purse  of  $2,000  to  horses  starting  and  not 
winning  money  in  the  race  today." 

'T  shan't  want  to  start  in  it,"  he  replied. 
"I'll  get  money  out  of  this  race." 

Yet,  I  know  that  the  horse  would  not  have 
started  on  less  liberal  terms,  but  would  have 
been  engaged  in  a  purse  race  instead.  Alta 
and  his  party  won  handsomely  on  the  race, 
and  a  framed  photograph  of  the  check  for 
iiis  winnings  hung  as  a  valued  trophv-in  his 
cffice  at  home. 


CHAPTER    II 

Inside    Facts   About   the   Charley 

Herr-Cresceus  Race  at  Readville 

LIKELY  no  event  created  so 
much  criticism  at  the  time,  and 
is  even  mentioned  to  this  day  in 
horse  circles,  as  the  stallion  race 
of  1900,  for  a  purse  of  $20,000, 
which  has  gone  down  into  history  as  the 
Charley  Herr-Cresceus  race. 

I  was  much  surprised,  the  other  day,  to 
find  that  this  event  of  fourteen  years  ago  the 
27th  of  last  September,  recalled  to  one  spec- 


tator only  the  impression  of  a  "fixed"  race. 
The  bitter  nature  of  the  struggle  for  first 
money  and  the  stallion  championship,  in  fact, 
the  whole  magnitude  of  the  event  had  left 
only  hazy  recollections,  the  only  clearly 
defined  impression  remaining  was  that  it  was 
a  "fixed''  race. 

This  man  said  to  me  that  he  had  been  at 
Readville  a  day  or  two  of  the  Grand  Circuit 
meeting  in  1912,  not  having  attended 
before  in  many  years,  and  it  seemed  to  him 
that  racing  had  lost  the  snap,  dash  and  ex- 
citement that  characterized  it  in  the  betting 
days.  It  was  dull  and  uninteresting,  he 
thought,  and  not  to  be  compared  with  that  of 
former  years,  although  of  former  times  one 
race  hacl  left  a  bad  impression. 

"Most  of  the  racing  there,"  he  said, 
"seemed  to  me  to  be  on  the  level,  but  I  re- 
member seeing  one  race  that  I  have  always 
thought  was  fixed  all  the  way  through." 

"What  race  was  that?"  I  asked,  "and  when 
was  it?"  "I  don't  remember  just  the  race, 
nor  the  year,  but  I  remember  that  a  horse 
called  Charley  Herr  had  won  two  heats  and 
finished  ahead  in  the  third,  and  then  the 
judges  gave  the  heat  to  a  horse  called  Cres- 
ceus.  Why,  I  am  as  sure  as  I  am  talking 
that  Charley  Herr  won  that  heat — even  the 
band  saw  it  and  started  playing,  'He  Was 
Bred  in  Old  Kentucky,'  before  the  judges 
announced  it." 

"So  you  thought  the  race  fixed,  and  what 
do  you  mean  by  'fixed'  and  by  whom?"  1 
asked. 

"Oh,  I  think  it  was  all  framed  up  by  the 
horsemen,  the  judges  and  the  track  people 
for  the  yellow  horse  to  win." 

I  really  had  to  laugh.  I  won't  say  that 
races  were  never  "fixed"  at  Readville,  but 
that  the  management  and  the  judges  they 
employed  had  ever  been  impeached  by  public 
opinion  in  such  a  matter  was  news  to  me. 

I  asked  him  if  he  knew  who  the  judges  of 
that  race  were  and  who  the  directors  of  the 
association  were  at  that  time,  and  he  ad- 
mitted that  he  did  not.  So  I  told  him  that 
the  judges  of  the  race  were  the  late  Col. 
Henry  S.  Russell,  Mr.  William  Russell  Allen 
and  Mr.  Horatio  N.  Piain ;  listed  the  directors 
by  starting  with  Col.  John  E.  Thayer  as 
president,  J.  Malcolm  Forbes  as  vice-presi- 
dent, and  so  on  down  through  the  list. 

This  imposing  list  of  names  and  the  further 
information  that  no  occupant  of  the  judges' 
or  the  timers'  stands  (the  one  on  the  outside 
and  the  other  on  the  inside  of  the  track)  had 
seen  the  finish  other  than  as,  announced 
served  to  exonerate  the  judges  and  manage- 
ment from  implication  in  his  mind. 

Still,   a   great   many  people   remain  of  the 


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opinion  that  somehow  a  mistake  was  made 
and  that  Charley  Herr  won  that  heat  and  was 
entitled  to  the  race.  "Uncle"  Davy  Cahill, 
of  course,  will  go  to  his  grave  believing  that 
his  horse  won  it.  Only  the  other  day,  in 
speaking  of  the  event,  J.  L.  Tarleton,  of  Lex- 
ington, Ky.,  said  to  me  that  John  Kelley  (the 
driver  of  Charley  Herr)  died  believing  he 
won  that  heat. 

I  think  there  is  some  mistake  about  this,  as 
Mr.  Kelley  told  me — not  at  the  time  of  the 
race,  but  a  year  or  two  afterwards — that  he 
did  not  win  it.  But,  at  that,  in  heats  as 
close  and  as  fiercely  contested  as  was  that 
one,  the  opinion  of  a  driver  of  a  contesting 
horse  is  of  little  value.  Certainly,  Mr.  Kelley 
was  too  busy,  too  much  occupied  at  the 
moment  to  be  in  a  position  to  say  whether  the 
horse  he  drove,  or  Ketcham's  mount,  won 
that  heat. 

To  return  to  the  stallion  race,  I  remember 
as  if  it  were  yesterday  of  going  into  a  meet- 
ing of  the  directors  to  suggest  a  stallion  race. 
The  signs  and  conditions  for  a  feature  event 
seemed  most  auspicious.  Neither  before,  nor 
since,  have  there  been  so  many  stallions  of 
the  first  flight,  or  horses  seemingly  so  evenly 
matched,  in  training. 

Moreover,  Mr.  Forbes,  vice-president,  and 
a  potent  factor  in  the  councils  of  the  associa- 
tion, had,  in  Bingen,  Peter  the  Great  and 
Arion,  three  strings  to  his  bow  for  such  an 
event,  and  as  Mr.  Thayer  always  welcomed  a 
chance  to  make  reputation  for  the  associa- 
tion (of  which  he  was  the  head),  provided  it 
appeared  to  have  a  fair  chance  of  success,  I 
felt  pretty  certain  that  the  stallion  race  would 
be  added  to  the  program  of  the  Breeders' 
meeting  that  year. 

I  suggested  to  the  directors  the  giving  of 
such  an  event,  but  had  not  stated  the  size  of 
the  purse  that  seemed  best,  when  Mr.  Forbes 
suddenly  turned  to  me  and  said :  "Mr.  Jewett, 
how  many  stallions  do  you  think  would  be 
entered    in    such    a    race    for    a   purse    of 

$20,0C0  ?" 

The  size  of  the  purse  suggested  brought 
all  at  once  to  attention,  and  I  replied,  "seven," 
naming  six  and  taking  it  as  a  matter  of 
course  that  Mr.  Forbes  would  name  one  or 
more  of  his  three. 

"And  how  many  people  would  pay  to  see 
such  a  race?"  and  my  reply  was  from  eight 
thousand  upward,  and  added  that  I  thought 
such  an  event  would  increase  the  betting 
revenues  of  the  meeting  by  $i,ooo. 

I  had  suggested  that  the  entrance  fee 
should  be,  as  usual  at  that  time,  five  per  cent 
to  enter  and  five  per  cent  additional  from 
winners,  which,  with  a  minimum  of  four  en- 


tries, would  make  the  net  cost  of  the  race 
$16,000. 

As  the  receipts  from  entrance  fee  and 
gate  receipts  seemed  likely  to  cov.er  this 
amount,  when  Mr.  Forbes  said,  "I  move,  Mr. 
President,  we  give  this  race  for  a  purse  of 
,'p2o,oco,"  all  the  directors  were  enthu- 
siastic and  the  race  was  on. 

The  success  of  this,  the  greatest  of  all  stal- 
lion races,  is  a  matter  of  history.  Twelve 
stallions  were  named  and  more  than  8,000 
people  paid  to  see  it.  Seven  horses  started, 
two  of  which  had  not  been  named  originally, 
a  provision  of  the  conditions  allowing  such 
substitution  on  pa}'ment  of  a  certain  per  cent 
of  the  purse.  Arion  started  for  Mr.  Forbes, 
in  place  of  Peter  the  Great,  who  did  not 
train  well  that  season,  having  trouble  with 
his  feet,  and  Jupe  was  substituted  for  Poin- 
dexter  by  Mr.  Lawson.  A  "near-starter" 
was  Dare  Devil,  afterward  owned  by  Mr. 
Lawson.  Mr.  Hamlin  finally  figured  his 
horse  would  lose  more  in  reputation  than  any 
cash  equivalent  that  would  accrue  to  him 
from  the  race  would  offset,  and  the  hand- 
some one  stayed  in  the  stable. 

I  had  hoped  to  get  this  horse  to  start  in 
place  of  Monterey,  who  had  been  nominated 
by  Col.  Thayer  under  unusual  conditions. 
This  horse,  owned  in  California,  had  taken  a 
record  of  2  :o9  1-4  the  previous  season  and 
shown  great  flights  of  speed,  but  his  un- 
steadiness indicated  a  lack  of  class.  His 
owner  thoroughly  believed  in  him,  however, 
and  wrote  me  most  eloquently  as  to  his 
merits :  but,  alas,  his  finances  would  not  ad- 
mit of  engaging  his  horse.  "Barring  acci- 
dents," his  engagement  was  equivalent  to 
winning,  so  his  owner  stated,  and  I  have 
never  doubted  that  he  believed  all  he  claimed 
for  his  horse. 

I  showed  this  letter  to  Col.  Thayer  one 
dav,  remarking  that  it  was  the  hardest  con- 
ditional entry  to  decline  of  my  experience. 
He  read  the  letter,  and  its  eloquence  had  its 
effect  on  him,  as  Mr.  Thayer  had  regretted 
much  that  he  had  been  unable  to  help  the 
fortunes  of  the  race  by  an  entry  from  his  own 
stable.  He  instructed  me  to  write  the  owner 
that  he  would  name  the  horse  in  the  race, 
pay  the  entrance  and,  in  case  the  horse  won 
any  part  of  the  purse,  the  entrance  money 
was  to  be  refunded,  the  balance  he  could 
have  for  himself. 

With  everything  to  win  and  nothing  to 
lose,  that  inevitable  "accident"  turned  up 
and  the  owner  was  unable  to  avail  himself 
of  the  proffered  opportunity,  and  I  am  of 
the  impression  that  the  horse  never  came 
East  that  season. 

When    the    entries    to   the    race    closed,    it 


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promised  the  glorious  contest  that  finally 
resulted,  but  the  morning  opened  upon  a 
race  which  foreshadowed  a  practical  walk- 
over for  the  mighty  Cresceus,  with  the  real 
contest  centering  about  the  struggle  for 
second  money ;  but  gallant  Charley  Herr 
literally  "came  out  of  the  West,"  arriving 
only  the  day  before  from  Fort  Wayne,  Ind., 
where  the  previous  week  he  had  won  a  six- 
heat  race,  and  put  up  a  contest  with  Cres- 
ceus, which  made  it  the  greatest  of  all  stal- 
lion races.  So  little  were  his  chances  con- 
sidered that  he  brought  but  $30  in  a  pool  of 
$2,360,  while  Cresceus  was  barred  in  the 
pooling  after  the  selling  of  a  few  tickets,  in 
which  he  sold  at  odds  of  about  five  to  one 
over  the  whole  field.  After  the  first  heat 
the  odds  were  Cresceus  $60,  field  $100,  and 
before  the  third  heat  the  field  sold  for  $200 
and  Cresceus  $75. 

The  time  of  the  five  heats  was  2:07  1-4. 
2:07  1-4,  2:07  1-4,  2:07  1-2,  2:08  3-4.  I 
remember  of  Tim  JXIurnane  saying  to  me 
after  the  third  heat,  as  I  for  a  minute  watched 
the  cooling  out  of  Cresceus,  "Oh,  Mr.  Jewett, 
won't  they  ever  stop  putting  in  these  heats 
in  2:07  1-4?"  Mr.  Ketcham  at  the  time 
stood  leaning  against  the  shed ;  he  was  very 
pale  and  looked  extremely  tired  and  anxious. 
The  summary  of  the  race : 

Readville,  Mass.,  Sept.  27,  1900. — Free-for-all  trot. 
Stallions ;   purse,   $20,000. 
Cresceus,  ch.  h..  by  Robert  McGregor 

(G.  H.  Ketcham)    3    2     i     i     1 

Charley    Herr,    b.    h.,    by   Alfred    G. 

(J.   Kelly)    I     I     2     2     3 

Grattan    Boy    (Miller),    4-3-3-3-2;     Arion     (Titer), 
--6-.S-5-5 ;   Lord  Vincent    (Splan),   5-4-4-4-4;   Ben- 
ton M.  (Marble),  6-5-dis.;  Jupe  (Gatcomb).  dis. 
Time — 2  :07  1-4,  2  -.07  1-4,  2  :07  1-4,  2  :07  1-2,  2  :o8  3-4. 
Average  time,  2  :07  3-5  ;  winner's  average,  2  :07  5-6. 


CHAPTER    I  IT 
Judges    Help    Scott    Hudson   Re- 
cover Trotter  Stolen  from 
His  Stable 

THERE  are  man\'  interesting  inci- 
dents occurring  during  the  race 
meetings  that  the  general  patrons 
of  the  sport  never  hear  about, 
and  very  many  are  quite  tragic 
right  at  the  time  they  happen,  particularly 
to  the  persons  identified  in  the  troubles. 
Such  was  the  case  at  Readville  track  during 
one  of  the  Grand  Circuit  meets,  but  I 
finally  by  shrewd  headwork  straightened 
the  whole  afifair  out  to  the  satisfaction  of  the 
diiiferent  parties  concerned.  Here  is  the 
story : 

In  the  night  a  horse  in  the  stable  of  Scott 


Hudson  was,  with  the  aid  of  our  watchman, 
secretly  transferred  to  that  of  Monroe  Salis- 
bury. Scott  had  been  training  the  horse  all 
the  season  and  had  him  during  the  previous 
Winter.  He  found  he  was  good,  and  entered 
him  through  the  line,  but  found  that  there 
was  a  matter  of  more  than  $1,000  in  suspen- 
sions to  settle  before  he  could  be  started. 

The  horse  was  g-ood  and  the  suspensions 
were  paid  by  Hudson,  who  won  well  with 
him,  but  at  the  time  of  the  Readville  meet- 
ing the  sum  total  of  his  winnings  did  not 
offset  the  charges  against  the  horse.  The 
owner  wanted  to  take  him  away  from  Hud- 
son, but  the  latter  would  not  consent  until 
charges  were  met,  and  the  result  was  as 
stated  above. 

The  ruddy  complexioned  Hudson  waxed 
angry  about  the  matter  and  expressed  him- 
self strongly  to  me  as  to  the  part  our  watch- 
man had  played  in  the  affair,  and  I  felt  obli- 
gated to  help  him  recover  his  horse. 

A  lawyer  was  called  in,  and  we  found  that 
in  order  to  replevin  the  horse  (Mr.  Hudson 
being  a  non-resident)  it  would  be  necessary 
to  give  a  bond  for  $15,000,  twice  the  value 
placed  on  the  horse.  This  Mr.  Hudson  was 
willing  to  do,  but  it  then  occurred  to  me 
that  we  could  get  possession  of  the  horse 
with  the  aid  of  the  trotting  rules.  The  horse 
was  entered  to  start  on  the  following  day. 
and  in  Hudson's  name,  I  suggested  that 
Scott  declare  the  horse  in,  pay  the  entrance 
and  name  himself  to  drive. 

When  the  race  was  called  the  horse  ap- 
peared with  Ben  Walker  up.  The  judges, 
who  had  been  put  wise,  told  Mr.  Walker  that 
Hudson  was  named  to  drive  the  horse,  and 
they  would  not  consent  to  a  change  of 
drivers,  and  directed  Walker  to  turn  the 
horse  over  to  Hudson,  who  was  standing  on 
the  track  and  awaiting  this  action. 

On  getting  possession  of  the  horse,  Scott 
drove  him  immediately  to  his  stable,  re- 
moved the  harness  and  boots  and  sent  them 
with  the  sulky  to  the  Salisbury  stable.  Then, 
equipped  with  sulky,  boots  and  harness  of 
his  own,  reappeared  on  the  track,  won  the 
race,  and  another,  with  the  same  horse,  later 
in  the  week,  when  the  differences  between 
owner  and  driver  were  settled  and  the  horcp 
turned  over  to  the  Salisbury  stable  the  fol- 
lowing week  at  Providence. 


I  never  knew  a  mean  man  to  own  a  good 
horse. — Eben  Holden. 


Horses  win  the  race  not  so  much  by  their 
vigor  as  by  the  impulse  of  the  driver. 

— Al  Hamud. 


How  the  Fastest  Piece  of  Racing  Dirt 
in  This  Country  Was  Secured 


(By  John  W.  Linnehan) 


JUST  before  the  Dorchester  Driving 
Club  was  chartered,  or  on  ATay  14, 
igoo,  to  be  exact,  the  first  gun  was  fired 
by  the  club  members  for  a  permanent 
speedway  for  the  horsemen  of  Dorches- 
ter and  vicinity.  S.  Howard  Mildran,  a  member 
of  the  Common  Council  from  Ward  24,  intro- 
dviced  an  order  for  a  speedway  on  the  Talbot 
Avenue  side  of  Franklin  Field.  A  hearing 
was  given  by  the  Board  of  Park  Commission- 
ers, after  a  petition  signed  by  over  2,000  of 
Boston's  most  prominent  citizens  had  been 
presented  to  them,  and  they  decided  that  if 
the  Dorchester  Driving  Club  members  could 
secure  an  appropriation  of  $25,000  from  the 
City  Government  to  pay  for  the  work  of  con- 
struction, they  would  grant  the  request  of  the 
petition.  It  was  noticed  particularly  by  the 
members  of  the  committee  present  that  the 
Commissioners  smiled  when  they  announced 
this  decision. 

It  was  then  up  to  the  members  of  the  club 
to  get  the  special  appropriation  of  $25,000 
through  the  City  Government  and  the  Mayor's 
signature  attached.  Then  began  some  of  the 
finest  political  work  ever  pulled  off  in  Boston. 
My  readers  must  understand  that  there  were 
seventy-two  members  in  the  Common  Council 
and  thirteen  members  in  the  Board  of  Alder- 
men. A  majority  of  the  finance  committee  of 
both  branches  of  the  government  had  to  be  in 
favor  of  the  appropriation  before  it  could  be 
reported  out  of  the  committee.  Then  a  ma 
jority  of  both  boards,  sitting  separately,  had 
to  be  secured  to  pass  the  appropriation. 

It  would  be  impossible  to  mention  by  names 
all  the  members  of  the  City  Government  that 
showed  their  friendship  for  the  driving  club 
while  this  order  was  on  its  way ;  but  to  How- 
ard Mildran  and  Herbert  Burr,  members  in 
the  Council  from  Ward  24,  and  James  M. 
Curley,  now  Mayor,  and  John  E.  Baldwm, 
in  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  the  club  and  Dor- 
chester citizens  owe  their  speedway.  To  Ed- 
ward G.  Richardson,  at  that  time  the  press 
representative  of  the  club,  we  also  owe  much. 
Assisted  by  these  men,  the  order  passed  both 
branches  of  the  City  Government  and  was 
signed  by  Mayor  Thomas  Hart,  late  in  1900. 

Then  a  committee  of  the  Dorchester  Club 
members  appeared  before  the  Board  of  Parl-c 


Commissioners,  who,  then  and  there,  refused 
point  blank  to  grant  the  request  of  the  club, 
and,  when  they  were  reminded  that  they  had 
promised  to  grant  this  request  if  the  club 
could  secure  the  appropriation  of  $25,000, 
they  frankly  admitted  that,  at  the  time  they 
made  that  promise,  they  had  not  the  least  idea 
that  the  club  members  could  get  any  such  ap- 
propriation through  the  City  Government  and 
that  they  thought  they  were  perfectly  safe  in 
putting  the  club  members  off  with  that  prom- 
ise. 

It  was  an  angry  committee  which  left  the 
Park  Commissioners'  office,  and  an  angry  club 
membership  that  met  the  next  Monday  night 
in  Central  Hall,  the  club's  meeting  place  at 
that  time.  They  had  the  $25,000  appropria- 
tion, but  no  place  to  spend  it. 

The  fight  was  then  on  to  prevent  this  money 
from  being  transferred  for  other  purposes 
until  the  club  members  could  get  the  Park 
Board  to  see  things  in  a  different  light.  In 
this  matter  E.  G.  Richardson,  the  City  Hall 
reporter  for  the  Transcript,  and  press  repre- 
sentative of  the  club.  Aldermen  Curley  and 
Baldwin  were  always  on  guard,  and  every 
time  that  the  Park  Board  made  a  move  to 
transfer  this  money  for  other  purposes  than 
originally  intended,  Curley  or  Baldwin  blocked 
their  game. 

Things  drifted  along  in  a  discouraging  man- 
ner until  Mayor  Collins  came  up  for  re-elec- 
tion in  1902.  A  committee  from  the  club 
waited  upon  him  to  find  out  what  his  disposi- 
tion was  in  the  matter  of  compelling  the  Park 
Commissioners  to  grant  the  club's  request. 
This  committee  consisted  of  F.  T-  Brand, 
R.  K.  Clarke,  S.  Walter  Wales,  A.  S.  Gushee, 
J.  W.  Linnehan,  W.  E.  Newbert,  George  H. 
Greenwood,  H.  P.  Gallup,  J.  M.  E.  Morrill. 
R.  S.  Fitch,  Albert  Fellows  and  E.  G.  Rich- 
ardson. 

When  the  proposition  which  the  committee 
had  to  suggest  was  put  up  to  Mayor  Collins, 
he  turned  completely  around  in  his  chair  and 
said,  "What,  a  race  track  on  Franklin  Field? 
Why,  the  old  settlers  of  Dorchester  would 
turn  over  in  their  graves  at  such  a  thing;  no. 
no,  any  place  but  Franklin  Field.'' 

It  was  then  that  the  Dorchester  Club  mem- 
bers  rounded   up   the   South    Boston   and  Ja- 


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maica  Plain  clubs,  amalgamated  as  it  were, 
with  the  idea  of  getting  a  speedway  some- 
where in  the  vicinity  of  Dorchester.  The 
South  Boston  boys  suggested  the  Strandway, 
or  the  Old  Colony  track  bed,  near  the  calf 
pasture,  but  things  drifted  along  with  very 
little  satisfaction  and  no  results. 

Meetings  were  held  in  several  places,  one 
particularly,  in  the  home  of  J.  M.  E.  Morrill, 
at  which  nearly  seventy-five  prominent  horse- 
men from  South  Boston,  Jamaica  Plain,  Mat- 
tapan  and  Dorchester  attended.  Finally  the 
officials  and  board  of  directors  were  notified 
to  attend  a  meeting  one  Sunday  morning  in 
their  clubrooms  in  Codman  Square.  J.  M.  E. 
Morrill,  although  not  a  member  of  the  board, 
attended  by  invitation  of  President  Brand. 
After  considerable  discussion  as  to  the  proper 
way  to  go  about  it,  it  was  voted  that  a  com- 
mittee of  three  be  appointed  to  carry  out  the 
matter  of  compelling  the  Park  Commissioners 
to  grant  a  location  for  a  speedway  to  a  finish, 
and  $500  was  appropriated  for  the  use  of  the 
committee  in  furthering  their  object  and  for 
such  necessary  expenses  as  might  occur.  This 
committee  consisted  of  P.  J.  Fitzgerald. 
George  W.  D'Arcy  and  J.  W.  Linnehan.  The 
committee  met  the  next  day  and  organized 
with  Fitzgerald  as  chairman  and  Linnehan  as 
secretary.  It  was  agreed  that  the  committee 
should  work  individually  and  separately,  and 
report  results  weekly. 

When  a  member  of  this  committee  inter- 
viewed Alderman  Curley  and  told  him  that 
the  directors  of  the  club  had  appropriated 
$500  to  be  expended  in  the  way  of  advertise- 
ment and  the  collecting  of  signatures  to  peti- 
tions to  be  presented  to  the  City  Government, 
Mayor  and  Park  Board,  the  Alderman  advised 
against  it.  "Don't  let  your  committee  spend 
one  cent ;  you  don't  need  to.  You  have  a  ma- 
jority of  the  Common  Council  and  the  Board 
of  Aldermen  with  you  now  and  they  will  stay 
with  you  until  the  finish.  Bring  all  the  influ- 
ence you  can  on  the  Mayor  to  have  him  com- 
pel the  Park  Commissioners  to  grant  you  a 
location  for  your  speedway,  but  don't  spend 
a  cent  of  the  club's  money  in  this  matter." 

When  this  matter  was  mentioned  to  Alder- 
man Baldwin  he  practically  gave  the  same  ad- 
vice as  Alderman  Curley,  and  it  might  be  well 
to  mention  right  here  that  not  one  cent  of  this 
$500  was  ever  expended  by  this  committee 
throughout  their  whole  transaction. 

When  this  conversation  was  reported  to 
P.  J.  Fitzgerald  at  a  meeting  of  the  commit- 
tee, he  said,  "That  is  just  what  I  expected 
from  Jim  Curley.  It  is  now  up  to  us  to  go 
after  Mayor  Collins,  and  we  had  better  see 
him  individually,  not  collectively." 


After  three  visits  to  the  Mayor's  office,  1 
was  allowed  to  see  him.  I  opened  up  by  say- 
ing, ''Mr.  Mayor,  as  a  member  of  the  Dor- 
chester Driving  Club  committee  on  a  speed- 
way, I  have  come  to  see  you  about  granting 
a  location  in  Dorchester  for  a  speedway  where 
the  Dorchester  horsemen  can  race  their 
horses." 

"How  many  of  you  are  on  that  committee?" 
asked  he.  "I  had  P.  J.  Fitzgerald  in  here  yes- 
terday. He  is  set  for  a  speedway  on  Franklin 
Field.  You  men  must  be  crazy  to  ask  for  a 
race  track  on  that  field.  Why,  you  will  kill 
more  people  there  in  a  year  than  were  killed 
at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill." 

"Mr.  Mayor,"  I  inquired,  "did  you  ever 
drive  a  horse  in  a  race?" 

"No,"  he  replied,  "I  never  drove  a  horse  in 
my  life,  and  I  would  not  know  what  to  do 
with  him  if  he  should  go  faster  than  a  walk." 

"Well,"  I  said,  "it  would  be  of  no  use  for 
me  to  argue  the  question  with  you." 

"No,"  he  answered,  "Fitzgerald  gave  me  all 
the  argument  I  wanted  yesterday,  but  I  prom- 
ised him  to  look  into  the  matter  and  I  am 
coming  out  some  Saturday  to  see  you  boys 
race  your  horses  at  Mattapan." 

I  thought  to  myself,  here  is  where  I  can  get 
a  chance  to  spend  some  of  that  $500,  so  I 
said,  "Mr.  Mayor,  if  you  will  come  out  next 
Saturday,  I  will  send  a  carriage  for  you  at 
whatever  hour  you  may  designate." 

"No,  you  won't,"  he  quickly  responded ; 
"when  I  go  I  will  go  with  my  own  driver  and 
horses  that  I  know  will  not  run  away '  with 
me." 

That  Mayor  Collins  did  visit  us  at  Matta- 
pan and  see  us  race,  and  then  went  to  Frank- 
lin Field  and  looked  over  the  ground  where 
the  present  speedway  is,  and  became  interested 
enough  to  take  the  matter  up  with  the  Park 
Commission,  and  had  a  quarter  of  a  mile 
speedway  laid  out,  is  a  fact,  and  was  due  en- 
tirely to  P.  J.  Fitzgerald,  who  was  a  personal 
friend. 

That  the  Dorchester  Driving  Club  had 
starting  judges'  stands  and  a  grandstand  built 
is  due  to  the  late  Mayor  Hibbard,  who  was 
for  years,  while  postmaster,  a  member  of  the 
club. 

To  tell  the  story  of  how  the  speedway  was 
extended  from  a  quarter  to  a  half-mile 
track  during  the  Fitzgerald  administration 
would  be  only  a  repetition  of  the  first  part  of 
this  story.  The  only  difference  was  that,  in- 
stead of  having  to  deal  with  a  man,  as  Mayor, 
who  had  admitted  that  he  knew  nothing  about 
a  horse,  in  fact,  was  afraid  of  them,  the  com- 
mittee had  to  deal  with  a  man  who,  although 
he  had  never  owned  a  fast  horse,  had  driver 


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them  on  the  speedway  on  several  occasions, 
and  who  had  ridden  them  at  the  heads  of  pa- 
rades like  a  regular  Napoleon. 

When  a  committee  of  the  club  went  to  the 
Mayor  and  told  him  that  they  wanted  the 
speedway  extended  to  a  half-mile,  he  readily 
agreed  that  they  should  have  it;  and  when  he 
visited  the  speedway  one  race  day  with  his 
Board  of  Park  Commissioners  and  explained 
to  them  what  was  wanted,  they  objected  be- 
cause of  the  expense  and  the  amount  of  land 
it  would  take. 

He  quietly  said,  "Mr.  Chairman,  you  under- 
stand wdiat  these  boys  want.  See  that  they 
get  it."  And  President  Johnson  and  his  com- 
mittee gave  the  Park  Board  no  rest  until  the 
work  was  finished. 

That  the  club  got  the  extra  thousands  of 
dollars  to  complete  this  work  through  the 
City  Government  was  due  again  to  the  assist- 
ance rendered  by  Mayor  Curley,  then  Alder- 
man, Alderman  F.  J.  Brand,  a  past  president 
of  the  club.  Councillor  T.  J.  Buckley,  and  Dan 
McDonald,  now  chairman  of  the  City  Council, 
and  Edward  G.  Richardson.  To  these  men 
the  horsemen  of  Dorchester,  South  Boston, 
Jamaica  Plain,  Roxbury  and  Hyde  Park,  as 
well  as  those  that  enjoy  the  races  from  the 
side  lines  each  week,  owe  a  lasting  debt  of 
gratitude. 


CHAPTER  H 

An  Amateur  Driver   in  His   First 

Professional  Race — Trouble 

A-plenty 

MAT   were  your   feelings   and 

seem  to  you  when 

your   first   profes- 

race?"  is  a  ques- 


w 


by  friends. 
been  put  to 


were 
how  did  it 
driving  in 
sional  horse 

tion  that  is  often  asked  of  me 
The  same  question  has  probably 
every  amateur  driver.    "Can  you 
is  another  question 


remember  how  you  felt? 
asked. 

"Can  I  remember  my  first  race  in  a  sulky?" 
Well,  I  will  never  forget  it,  not  if  I  live  to  be 
a  hundred  years  old.  My  first  professional 
race  was  at  Rockland,  Maine,  on  August  5> 
1902.  The  class  was  a  2:30  trot  or  pace; 
purse  $250,  and  the  number  of  horses  starting, 
fourteen,  were  driven  by  some  of  the  best- 
known  drivers  in  Maine  at  that  time.  "Hod" 
Nelson,  Ira  Woodbury,  Jim  Kirby,  Ed  Morri- 
son, Ira  Pottle  and  Charles  Webb  were  among 
these  drivers. 

I  had  purchased,  the  September  previous 
from  a  party  in  Ohio,  the  five-year-old  geld- 
ing, Budweiser,  by  Bud  Crook,  that  had  never 
seen  a  race  track  up  to  the  time  that  I  brought 
him  East.     In  the  opinion  of  my  friends  I  had 


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been  "stung,"  got  a  gold  brick,  etc.,  and  for 
a  while  it  did  seem  as  if  my  friends  had  the 
right  dope. 

However,  I  won  the  first  race  that  I  ever 
drove  him  in  for  money,  which,  as  before 
stated,  was  in  Rockland,  Maine.  He  also  won 
for  me  at  Readville  (Dorchester  Driving 
Club's  Field  Day) ,  at  Marshfield  and  at  South 
Weymouth,  and  all  in  one  year.  These  vic- 
tories gave  me  more  real  satisfaction  than  if 

1  had  won  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  for 
Budweiser  beat  to  a  frazzle  horses  owned  by 
the  very  friends  that  were  sure  I  had  been 
gold-bricked  when  I  bought  him ;  but  I  started 
to  tell  of  my  first  race  for  money. 

Lon  and  Walter  Newbert  were  partners 
with  me  in  the  dyestuff  business  at  that  time. 
They  were  Maine  boys  and  used  to  spend  their 
vacation  in  Rockland,  where  their  parents  re- 
sided. It  is  necessary  to  state  in  this  story 
that  Mr.  Newbert,  their  father,  wis  the  chair- 
man of  the  board  of  assessors  of  the  city  of 
Rockland. 

One  day  Walter  received  entry  blanks  for 
two-days'  horse  racing  to  be  held  in  Rockland 
in  connection  with  Old  Home  Week.  One  of 
the  conditions  of  entry  was  that  all  horses 
must  be  owned  by  citizens  of  the  state  of 
Maine. 

Walter  had  Alice  B.,  a  trotter  with  a  mark 
of  2  :22  1-2,  and  he  was  going  to  enter  her  in 
the  2  :20  class.  Lon  suggested  that  I  sell  him 
Budweiser,   and   he   would   enter   him   in   the 

2  :30  class,  pay  all  expenses,  and  that  he  could 
be  shipped  down  with  Alice  B. 

I  said,  "Go  ahead  and  take  him.''  So  Lon 
made  out  a  check  for  $300,  in  payment  for 
Budweiser,  and  I  gave  him  a  bill  of  sale  of 
the  horse  and  deposited  his  check  in  my  pri- 
vate drawer  in  the  safe.  Budweiser  was  then 
duly  entered  in  Lon's  name  and  shipped  on 
the  Bangor  boat  to  Rockland. 

Two  days  before  the  race  took  place  Walter 
and  I  went  to  Rockland.  Lon  was  to  follow 
the  next  day,  to  be  there  to  drive  the  horse. 
Just  before  Lon  was  leaving  Boston  some- 
thing came  up  in  the  matter  of  business  that 
compelled  him  to  give  up  the  trip,  so  he  tele- 
graphed us  to  Rockland  that  he  could  not  go ; 
but  for  us  to  get  someone  to  drive  Budweiser. 
Well,  I  decided  to  do  the  driving  myself. 

When  the  race  was  called  it  was  found  that 
Budweiser  had  drawn  tenth  position  in  the 
field  of  fourteen  horses  that  turned  for  the 
word.  As  only  four  horses  could  score  abreast 
I  was  in  second  place  in  the  third  tier,  with 
horses  in  front  of  me,  horses  behind  me  and 
horses  all  around  me.  We  scored  seven  times 
before  getting  the  word. 

"The  charge  of  the  Light  Brigade"  was  not 
a  patch  on  each  one  of  these  several  scores, 


with  "Hod"  Nelson,  who  had  the  pole  with  the 
gelding,  Geiger,  yelling  like  an  Lidian. 

Well,  at  last  we  were  off.  I  had  an  idea 
at  that  time  that  the  proper  place  for  me  was 
out  in  front,  so  I  set  sail  in  true  speedway 
style  to  win  the  race  in  the  first  quarter  of  a 
mile.  I  passed  all  and  began  to  creep  up  on 
Nelson,  who  was  leading.  Just  as  my  horse 
got  to  his  sulky  wheel  he  looked  around,  and 
when  he  saw  who  it  was  he  gave  one  of  his 
characteristic  yells  and  began  carrying  me  over 
on  the  grass  at  the  outside  of  the  track,  until 
finally  I  could  go  no  further,  so  I  then  pulled 
toward  him  and  our  sulky  wheels  began  to 
grind. 

I  was  not  frightened,  but  I  was  as  mad  as 
any  frothing  dog  ever  seen,  and  we  both  be- 
gan to  hand  out  conversation  that  would  not 
look  good  repeated  here.  However,  we  finally 
got  clear  driving  again,  and  I  finished  fourth. 

Just  imagine  my  surprise  to  then  hear  the 
announcer  say  in  giving  the  positions  of  the 
horses ;    "Budweiser  tenth." 

Newbert's  Rockland  friends,  on  the  quarter- 
stretch  and  in  the  grandstand,  urged  me  to 
go  to  the  judges'  stand  and  claim  my  rightful 
position.  This  I  did,  and,  for  the  first  time  in 
my  life,  stood  before  the  monarchs  of  all  they 
survey. 

I  didn't  know  one  man  in  that  stand.  Nei- 
ther did  I  know,  at  that  time,  that  judges  at  a 
horse  race  are  supreme  in  all  things.  The 
starting  judge  was  the  well  known  Maine  turf 
writer,  Milton  Hatch. 

I  made  my  protest,  saying:  "Gentlemen, 
you  have  placed  me  tenth,  but  there  is  no  ques- 
tion but  what  I  finished  fourth.  I  can  bring 
a  hundred  men  up  here  who  will  sustain  me 
in  the  statement  that  I  finished  fourth." 

One  of  the  judges  replied:  "My  dear  su", 
we  are  judging  this  horse  race,  and  we  placed 
you  tenth,  and  that  is  the  position  that  you 
will  start  the  next  heat  in." 

Now  what  do  you  think  about  that?  "Why," 
I  declared,  "you  are  a  gang  of  crooks."  Wow, 
wow ! 

Hatch  here  took  a  part  in  the  conversation 
by  saying:  "Young  man,  do  you  realize  where 
you  are?  Do  you  know  that  these  gentlemen 
can  put  you,  and  your  horse,  out  of  business 
for  those  words?" 

In  sheer  ignorance  and  being  thoroughly 
angry,  I  retorted  :  "Why  don't  they  do  it,  then? 
but  i  still  say  that  if  they  don't  give  me  the 
position  that  I  earned,  which  is  fourth,  they 
are  a  gang  of  cheats,  and  you  are  no  better." 

All  this  time  the  crowd  on  the  track  and^  in 
the  grandstand  were  shouting  to  me,  "Stick 
to  it." 

At  last  Hatch  took  me  by  the  arm  and  said 


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in  a  conciliating  manner ;  "Tush,  tush,  I  know 
you  must  mean  all  right.  Now  please  me  by 
going  down  and  getting  your  horse  ready  for 
the  next  heat." 

Being  very  stuffy  over  having  been  wronged, 
the  next  heat  I  scored  down  in  fourth  horse 
place,  and  Hatch  gave  the  word  to  a  good 
start  while  I  was  in  that  position.  Again 
my  speedway  education  came  to  me  and  I 
mentally  told  "Bud  that  it  was  in  front  for 
us  or  nothing,"  and  in  front  we  went.  This 
time  there  was  no  question  where  I  finished. 
Good  judges,  and  perfect  strangers  to  me, 
said  that  I  had  distanced  over  half  the  horses 
in  the  race,  but  they  were  all  declared  in  and 
started  when  we  scored  for  the  third  heat. 

At  the  finish  of  this  heat,  too,  a  number  of 
the  horses  were  behind  the  flag,  but  only  two 
were  declared  out.  The  fourth  heat  was  the 
same.  "Nothing  to  it" — and  I  had  won  the 
first  race  that  I  had  ever  driven  in  for  money. 

A  Mr.  Wiggins  then  entered  the  judges' 
stand  and  protested  Budweiser  as  a  rmger, 
claiming  that  he  had  a  mark  of  2:10,  and  -ny 
winnings  were  held  up.  They  also  made  a 
claim  that  the  gelding,  while  entered  by  Lon 
Newbert,  was  not  owned  by  him,  and  that  Mr. 
Newbert  was  not  a  citizen  of  Maine.  This, 
of  course,  placed  us  in  bad  all  around. 

I  knew  that  I  could  prove  a  clean  bill  of 
health  for  Budweiser  when  it  came  to  a  show- 
down, so  when  we  got  back  to  the  hotel  we 
called  Lon  up  on  the  long-distance  'phone  and 
told  him  our  experience,  explaining  to  him 
that  it  was  up  to  him  to  prove  that  he  owned 
the  horse,  and  that  he  was  a  citizen  of  the 
state  of  Maine. 

By  direction  of  Lon,  Walter  got  his  father 
to  make  out  a  tax  bill  for  the  years  1901-2 
against  Lon  Newbert,  Lon  mailing  a  check 
payable  to  the  treasurer  of  the  city  of  Rock- 
land, for  these  two  poll  tax  bills. 

I  instructed  my  bookkeeper  to  take  the 
check,  which  Lon  had  made  out  in  payment  of 
the  horse,  and  deposit  the  same  to  my  account 
in  the  bank. 

Li  due  time  we  sent  the  cancelled  check  in 
payment  of  the  horse  and  the  two  years'  tax 
bills  of  Lon  Newbert  to  W.  H.  Gocher,  of 
Hartford.  He  ordered  the  association  to  pay 
Mr.  Newbert  his  money,  $125,  before  they 
opened  the  gates  for  another  race  at  the  Rock- 
land track. 

Hatch  afterwards  explained  to  me  that 
there  was  one  man  in  the  stand,  who  acted  as 
judge  that  day,  that  could  not  show  a  clean 
bill  of  health  to  Mr.  Gocher,  if  it  was  put  up 
to  him,  which  was  the  reason  that  the  judges 
did  not  put  Budweiser  and  myself  out  of  busi- 
ness, and  that  I  had  acted  so  bold  and  fearless 
that  they  immediately  thought  that  I  had  the 


goods  on  them,  in  having  inside  information 
regarding  this  particular  man. 

But  I  didn't ;  it  was  pure  ignorance  on  my 
part,  as  I  had  no  idea  of  their  power  in  the 
premises.     I  know  better  now. 


CHAPTER  HI 


A  Dead  Game  Sport  Ruins  a  Bril- 
liant Racing  Prospect 

HOW  a  good  horse  can  sometimes 
be  spoiled  on  the  speedway  and 
that  it  doesn't  always  pay  to  be 
too  game  a  sport  was  never  bet- 
ter shown  than  in  the  race  be- 
tween Charlena,  2 :22  1-4,  and  Rubsley  G., 
2:16  1-2,  on  the  Blue  Hill  Avenue  Speedway 
in  the  Fall  of  1902. 

The  pacer,  Rubsley  G.,  was  one  of  those  old- 
fashioned  race  horses  that  would  race  all  day 
and  then  come  out  ready  for  more.  I  had 
seen  him  race  many  times  and  admired  him 
very  much.  He  was  owned  by  Jesse  Moulton, 
and  his  home  was  in  Gallup's  stable. 

Charlena  was  owned  by  C.  C.  Blaney.  She 
was  an  extremely  fast  mare,  very  high-spir- 
ited, but  of  delicate  constitution.  She  had 
shown  many  miles  in  her  work  in  2:15,  or  bet- 
ter, and  looked  like  a  beautiful  racing  pros- 
pect. 

One  night  at  the  club,  during  recess,  the 
talk  started  on  the  most  consistent  race  horse 
in  the  club.  I  could  not  see  any  but  Rubsley 
G..  and  said  so.  For  an  everyday,  rain  or  shine 
horse,  there  was  nothing  to  it  but  Rubsley  G. 
Anyone  that  is  acquainted  with  Mr.  Blaney 
knows  that  he  would  not  possibly  agree  with 
that,  especially  as  he  was  sure  that  he  had  the 
best  horse  in  his  own  stable.  They  also  know 
that  in  an  argument  of  that  nature,  with  him, 
it  is  put  up  or  shut  up,  and  that  is  what  came 
to  pass  before  the  argument  was  finished. 

The  proposition,  finally,  was  that  the  two 
horses  race  quarter-mile  heats,  best  three  in 
five,  on  three  consecutive  Saturdays,  rain  or 
shine, .snow  or  ice,  for  $150;  $50  for  each 
race. 

The  first  race  day  was  bitter  cold.  The 
opening  heat  was  won  by  Charlena,  the  second 
by  Rubsley  G.,  the  third  by  Charlena,  and  the 
fourth  and  fifth  by  Rubsley  G.  The  cold  wind 
had  chilled  the  mare  so  that  by  the  time  the 
fifth  heat  was  started  she  was  fairly  frozen  up. 

The  second  race  day  was  rainy  and  the 
ground  was  mud  to  the  horses'  fetlocks,  but 
the  going  suited  Rubsley  G.,  and  he  won  in 
four  heats. 

The  third  race  day  the  speedway  was  in  a 
terrible  -condition,  very  rough  and  frozen  and 
not  fit  for  mules  to  walk  over,  not  to  mention 


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racing  horses.  I  suggested  to  Blaney  that  we 
call  the  race  oif  and  each  draw  down  $25. 

"What,  quit?  Why,"  Blaney  said,  "not  on 
your  life."  We  would  have  that  race  and  on 
that  day,  if  we  never  had  another.  Others 
tried  to  change  his  decision,  but  it  was  no  use. 

In  the  first  heat,  and  while  in  the  lead 
Charlena  broke  and  cut  her  quarter  and  Rubs- 
ley  G.  won  the  heat  jogging.  The  next  heat 
Charlena  pulled  up  lame  and  the  race  was 
over. 

A  dead  game  sport  had  put  one  of  the  best 
racing  prospects  in  the  club  out  of  commis- 


sion, and  no  one  regretted  it  more  than  I  did, 
and  many  times  wished  that  it  never  had  hap- 
pened. 

Twenty-five  dollars  of  my  money  went  for 
a  set  of  horse  clothing  for  Rubsley  G.,  $25  for 
a  blowout  for  the  boys  the  next  meeting  night, 
and  $25  to  purchase  a  solid  silver  mounted 
whip,  as  a  prize  to  the  horse  winning  the  most 
races  on  the  speedway  the  next  season,  the  first 
prize  of  that  value  ever  given  in  the  Dorches- 
ter Gendemen's  Driving  Club.  The  whip  was 
won  by  Princess  Ebilo,  owned  by  F.  J.  Brana. 
She  won  eight  races  on  the  Blue  Hill  Avenue 
.Speedway  during  the  season. 


How  the  Champions  Passed  the   Last 
Years  of  Their  Life 

(By  Charles  T.  Harris  of  The  Horse  Review) 

Editor  s  Note. — What  became  of  the  trotting  and  pacing  champions  after  their 
racing  days  mere  over?  When  in  the  height  of  their  turf  careers  they  entertained 
immense  throngs  at  all  of  the  important  racing  centers  of  the  country,  and  their 
names  zvere  by-zvords  in  innumerable  households.  With  the  passing  of  the  old-time 
favorites  the  question  frequently  arises  as  to  their  ultimate  fate.  The  zvriter  ably 
relates  these  facts. 


THE  TROTTING   CHAMPIONS 

LADY  SUFFOLK,  2:29  1-2,  the 
first  trotter  to  beat  2:30  in 
harness,  was  a  gray,  foaled  in 
1833,  and  started  as  a  six-year- 
old  in  long-distance  races.  Her 
first  mile  better  than  2  130  was  in  2  :28,  under 
saddle,  July  4,  1843,  ^t  the  Beacon  (L.  L) 
course,  in  which  race  she  defeated  Beppo  and 
Independence.  The  next  week  she  defeated 
Beppo  and  the  pacer  Oneida  Chief,  lowering 
her  saddle  record  to  2:26  1-2.  On  October  13, 
1845,  ^Iso  over  the  Beacon  course,  she  beat 
Moscow,  after  five  heats,  trotting  one  of  them 
in  2 :29  1-2.  This  was  her  best  harness  rec- 
ord, although  she  raced  up  to  1852,  in  har- 
ness, under  saddle  and  to  wagon.  She  had  a 
wonderful  career  for  her  time,  being  on  the 
turf  fourteen  years,  in  which  period  she  won 
eighty-three  races  and  was  beaten  forty-one 
times.  Lady  Suffolk  died  on  Long  Island. 
Although  several  times  bred,  she  never  had  a 
foal.  For  many  years  her  mounted  skin  was 
on  exhibition  in  the  wareroom  of  the  Brew- 
ster Carriage  Co.,  on  upper  Broadway,  New 
York. 

Highland  Maid,  2  •.2y,  who  succeeded  Lady 
Suffolk,  was  a  bay,  foaled  1847,  ^i^d  began 
racing  in  1853,  but  her  career  was  very  brief, 
as   the   records   show   but    four   races   to   her 


credit,  only  one  of  which  was  a  victory.  Her 
record  of  2  ■.2'/  was  made  in  the  second  heat 
of  a  race  won  by  Flora  Temple,  and  in  the 
following  heat  Highland  Maid  was  distanced. 
Her  record  was  tied  by  the  gelding  Tacony 
the  following  month.  This  mare,  as  a  race 
winner,  was  a  failure,  albeit  a  world's  record 
maker.  Highland  Maid  produced  several 
foals.  During  her  later  years  she  was  owned 
by  George  C.  Hitchcock,  of  New  Preston, 
Conn. 

Flora  Temple  in  August,  1859,  set  the 
mark  at  2 :22,  when  she  beat  Princess  in  a 
match,  and  equaled  the  record  in  September 
at  Baltimore,  in  another  match  she  won  from 
Princess.  The  bob-tailed  mare  then  made  her 
way  westward,  first  showing  at  Kalamazoo, 
where  she  defeated  Princess  and  Honest 
Anse,  trotting  the  final  heat  in  2:19  3-4,  which 
was  then  regarded  as  an  amazing  perform- 
ance. This  mile  was  Flora  Temple's  supreme 
effort,  her  next  fastest  mile  being  2:20  1-2, 
in  the  match  with  Ethan  Allen  and  running 
mate  at  the  close  of  her  racing  career.  Flora 
Temple  ultimately  passed  to  the  late  Aristides 
Welch,  proprietor  of  Chestnut  Hill  Stud,  near 
Philadelphia,  afterward  known  as  Erdenheim. 
She  produced  several  foals  for  Mr.  Welch  be- 
fore her  death  in  1877. 

Dexter  a  brown  gelding,  foaled  in  1858,  was 
the  first  of  the  great  trotters  that  was  bred 


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in  conformity  with  latter-day  ideas.  The  track 
career  of  this  champion  covered  but  three 
years,  from  1864  to  1867,  and  in  that  time  he 
performed  in  harness,  under  saddle  and  to 
wagon,  winning  forty-six  contested  races  at 
various  hitches  and  distances,  one  to  three 
miles,  and  was  defeated  but  four  times.  His 
first  essay  against  time  was  in  October,  1865, 
to  beat  2:19  under  saddle,  and  he  went  the 
distance  in  2:18  3-4.  His  next  time  trial  was 
in  1866,  to  beat  his  saddle  record,  and  he 
failed.  The  third  was  to  beat  the  harness 
record  of  Flora  Temple,  starting  August  14, 
1867,  at  Buffalo,  and  in  the  second  trial  he 
trotted  in  2:17  1-4.  After  Dexter's  last  race 
he  was  bought  by  Robert  Bonner  for  the  un- 
precedented sum  of  $33,000.  Mr.  Bonner 
drove  him  on  the  road  for  some  years,  and 
up  to  a  year  or  two  before  his  death,  in  1888, 
Dexter  was  one  of  New  York's  "social  lions" 
in  horse  circles. 

After  Dexter  reigned  the  incomparable 
Goldsmith  Maid.  She  was  a  bay,  foaled  in 
1857.  All  told,  in  the  twelve  years  she  was  on 
the  turf,  she  trotted  135  races,  winning  91. 
She  also  won  19  contests  in  which  the  three 
heats  were  in  2 :20  or  better.  Her  total  of 
heats,  in  races  and  against  time,  was  332. 
.September  2,  1874,  found  her  at  Mystic  Park, 
where  she  started  against  2:14  3-4,  and  cut 
the  mark  to  2:14,  a  record  which  stood  for 
four  years.  Goldsmith  Maid  was  retired  to 
the  breeding  ranks  at  Fashion  Stud,  Trenton, 
N.  J.,  at  the  age  of  twenty-two.  The  last  pub- 
lic appearance  of  the  Maid  was  at  the  first 
National  Horse  Show,  in  1884,  at  Madison 
Square  Garden,  when  she  was  paraded  in  the 
ring  with  the  ex-champion  stallion  Smuggler, 
2:15  1-4,  who  defeated  her  in  1876  at  Cleve- 
land, in  one  of  the  greatest  old-time  races  in 
the  Grand  Circuit.  She  died  in  September, 
1885,  at  Fashion  Stud,  in  her  twenty-eighth 
year. 

Rarus,  2:13  1-4,  was  more  celebrated  for 
race  quality  than  beauty.  He  was  the  fourth 
gelding  to  figure  as  a  world's  champion.  A 
bay,  foaled  1867,  he  took  his  world's  record 
in  1878,  against  time,  in  the  third  heat  beating 
2:14.  This  was  at  Buffalo,  August  3.  He  then 
became  an  exhibition  horse,  trotting  a  few 
matches  with  Hopeful  and  Sweetzer,  the 
pacer,  the  best  miles  he  trotted  subsequent  to 
his  record  being  2:13  1-2,  which  he  did  twice. 
Rarus  trotted  in  all  185  heats  in  2:30  or  bet- 
ter, and  won  43  contested  races.  After  his 
mile- in  2:13  1-4,  August  14,  1879,  at  Roch- 
ester, he  was  sold  to  Mr.  Bonner  for  $36,000, 
and  died  his  property  in  1892,  aged  twenty- 
five  years. 

St.  Julien,  2:11  1-4,  the  next  world's  cham- 


pion, was  a  bay  gelding,  foaled  1869.  October 
25,  1879,  he  started  at  Oakland,  Cal,  to  beat 
2:13  1-4,  the  world's  record,  held  by  Rarus, 
and  won  in  2:12  3-4.  One  of  the  most' inter- 
ested witnesses  of  this  feat  was  General  U.  S. 
Grant.  In  1880  St.  Julien  was  brought  East, 
and  August  27,  at  Hartford,  he  started  to  beat 
2:11  3-4,  his  own  time  record,  made  at  Roch- 
ester, August  12,  and  trotted  the  second  heat 
in  2:11  1-4.  St.  Julien  was  returned  to  Cali- 
fornia in  1883,  and  turned  out,  free  to  i-oam 
where  he  liked.  More  than  ten  years  after,  the 
old  horse  was  missed  from  his  usual  haunts, 
and  a  search  revealed  his  moldering  bones  in 
a  gully,  where  he  had  died  months  before. 

Jay-Eye-See,  2:10,  the  twelfth  world's 
trotting  champion,  was  a  bony-built  black 
gelding,  foaled  1878,  and  the  first  extreme 
record  holder  that  was  Southern  bred.  He  was 
bought  when  a  two-year-old  by  the  late  Je- 
rome I.  Case,  of  Racine,  Wis.  In  1884  Ja^- 
Eye-See  was  an  exhibition  horse,  starting  in 
eight  specials.  August  i  he  started  over  the 
new  Seth  Griffin  track  at  Providence,  R.  I.,  to 
beat  2:10  3-4,  and  trotted  the  second  heat  in 
2:10  flat.  This  put  him  at  the  top,  but  his 
reign  only  lasted  twenty-four  hours,  as  the 
next  day  Maud  S.  trotted  in  2  :09  3-4  at  Cleve- 
land. From  his  fourth  year  Jay-Eye-See  had 
a  hind  foot  that  was  liable  to  give  way  at  any 
time,  and  his  retirement  in  1884  was  none  too 
soon.  The  little  black  gelding  emerged  from 
retirement  in  1892,  but  this  time  as  a  pacer, 
making  his  first  start  to  beat  2:25,  and  2:17 
was  hung  out  for  him.  At  Chicago  he  paced 
in  2  :o8  3-4,  then  went  to  the  kite  track  at 
Independence  and  paced  in  2  :o6  1-4,  which 
record  he  never  beat.  Jay-Eye-See  was  the 
first  and  only  world's  champion  that  ever  held 
a  double  record,  i.  e.,  at  both  gaits.  After 
1892  he  was  a  pensioner  of  the  Case  family,, 
at  Racine,  Wis.,  and  lived  to  the  ripe  age  of 
31  years,  dying  in  June,  1909. 

Maud  S.,  who  deposed  first  St.  Julien,  then 
Jay-Eye-See,  in  short  order,  was  a  golden 
chestnut,  foaled  in  1874,  at  famous  Woodburn 
Farm.  The  story  of  her  sale  to  William  H. 
Vanderbilt,  when  a  four-year-old,  for  $21,000 
and  the  attempts  of  various  trainers  to  get  into 
her  good  graces,  until  William  W.  Blair 
proved  to  be  the  "only"  man,  is  an  oft-told 
tale.  Maud  S.  was  one  of  the  few  world's 
champions  that  never  suffered  defeat,  although 
her  contests  against  other  horses  were  com- 
paratively few.  She  started  four  times  againsl 
the  watch  in  1884,  and  on  the  third  essay,  at 
Cleveland,  she  beat  the  record  of  Jay-Eye-See 
by  trotting  in  2  :09  3-4.  A  few  days  later  she 
became  the  property  of  Robert  Bonner,  who 
paid  v$40,ooo  for  her,  and  made  her  last  start 


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that  year  at  Lexington,  where  she  again  low- 
ered the  record,  this  time  to  2  :o9  1-4.  In 
1885  she  made  but  two  public  starts,  the  first 
of  which  was  at  Cleveland,  where  she  lowered 
the  record — the  seventh  time  she  "beat  the 
world" — to  2  :o8  3-4.  Maud  S.  was  repeatedly 
bred,  but  failed  to  get  with  foal.  After  her 
death,  in  March,  1900,  a  post-mortem  ex- 
amination revealed  the  fact  that,  owing  to 
uterine  malformation,  conception  by  her  was 
an  impossibility. 

Sunol,  bred  at  Palo  Alto  Farm  in  Califor- 
nia, was  foaled  in  1886.  In  1891,  against  time, 
at  Stockton,  Cal.,  she  made  her  record  of 
2  :o8  1-4.  This  made  her  the  youngest  trotter 
that  ever  held  the  world's  championship.  jNIr. 
Bonner  paid  $41,000  for  her,  when  a  three- 
year-old,  in  1889,  but  at  his  death  she  had 
never  been  bred.  She  then  passed  to  John  H. 
Shults,  and  produced  two  foals.  Later  she 
passed  to  A.  B.  Coxe,  Paoli,  Pa.,  and  May  5, 
1909,  breathed  her  last,  aged  twenty-three. 

Nancy  Hanks,  foaled  1886,  was  the  first 
champion  to  have  the  advantage  of  the  bike 
sulky.  At  Chicago,  in  August,  1892,  hooked 
to  the  new  styled  vehicle,  she  trotted  in 
2  :o7  1-4,  a  new  world's  record,  and  the  same 
month  was  at  Independence,  where  she  beat 
that  record  two  seconds.  A  month  after 
she  was  at  the  "four-cornered"  track  at  Terre 
Haute,  where  she  put  the  high  water  mark  at 
2  :04.  In  1893  she  passed  to  the  late  J-  Mal- 
colm Forbes,  owner  of  the  Forbes  Farm, 
Ponkapoag,  Mass.  Of  all  the  world's  cham- 
pions, Nancy  Hanks  has  done  the  most  for  the 
perpetuation  and  progress  of  the  trotting 
type.  She  died  the  property  of  Edward  and 
Joseph  Madden,  Hamburg  Place,  Lexington, 
Ky. 

Nancy  Hanks  was  succeeded  by  Alix, 
2:03  3-4,  who,  in  1894,  reduced  the  world's 
record  by  a  quarter-second.  Alix  was  a  bay, 
foaled  1888.  September  6,  1894,  at  Indian- 
apolis, she  started  against  the  2  104  of  Nancy 
Hanks,  and  trotted  in  2  104  3-4,  which  she  cut 
the  next  week  at  Terre  Haute  to  2  104.  Next, 
at  Galesburg,  she  tried  again,  and  measured 
the  mile  in  2  103  3-4.  This  mile  earned  her  the 
coveted  championship  position,  and  although 
she  tried  repeatedly  the  remainder  of  that  sea- 
son and  in  1895  to  do  better,  the  efforts  were 
fruitless.  In  1898  Alix  was  sold  by  the  late 
Morris  J.  Jones  to  F.  C.  Sayles,  of  Pawtucket, 
R.  I.  Alix  died  October  19,  190 1,  aged  thir- 
teen years,  one  of  the  shortest  lived  of  all  the 
trotting  champions. 

The  successor  of  Alix  was  The  Abbott, 
when  once  more  a  gelding  "led  all  the  rest." 
However,  his  reign  was  brief.  The  Abbott 
was  a  bay,  foaled  1893  at  Village  Farm.    The 


year  1900,  his  initial  start  was  August  22,  at 
Readville,  to  beat  2:06  1-4,  which  he  did  in 
2  105  3-4.  August  30,  at  Providence,  he  trot- 
ted in  2  :04  3-4,  and  September  6  was  at  Hart- 
ford, where  he  started  to  beat  the  wagon 
record  of  2  109  1-4,  and  won  in  2  105  1-4.  The 
following  week,  at  New  York,  he  went  against 
2 :04  3-4,  and  trotted  in  2  :o4.  The  Abbott 
was  then  shipped  West,  starting  at  Terre 
Haute  against  2:04,  trotting  in  2:03  1-4, 
which  lowered  Alix's  record.  The  Abbott 
died  February  19,  1904,  the  property  of  J.  }. 
Scannell,  Peekskill,  N.  Y. 

Cresceus  was  the  first,  and  is  still,  the  only 
stallion  to  hold  the  world's  trotting  record. 
He  was  foaled  in  1894.  The  close  of  1900 
found  him  with  a  record  of  2 104.  He  had 
twelve  starts  that  year,  the  majority  being 
against  the  watch.  The  stallion  in  1901  was 
regarded  as  the  strongest  claimant  to  the  trot- 
ting throne,  and  when  the  Grand  Circuit  con- 
tingent reached  Columbus,  after  having  first 
touched  2  :o2  3-4  at  Cleveland,  Cresceus  trot- 
ted in  2:02  1-4.  From  1901  to  1903  he  was 
carried  all  over  the  country  as  an  exhibition 
horse  by  his  breeder  and  owner,  George  H. 
Ketcham,  of  Toledo,  O.,  who,  in  1905,  sold 
him  to  M.  W.  Savage,  owner  of  Dan  Patch, 
who  in  turn  sold  him  to  Capt._  Tchmertzin,  of 
St.  Petersburg,  Russia,  in  1908.  Cresceus  is 
the  only  world's  champion  trotter  ever  ex- 
ported to  Europe. 

Lou  Dillon,  i  :s8  1-2,  Sidney  Dillon's 
daughter,  a  chestnut,  was  foaled  in  1898.  Of 
all  the  world's  champions,  none  had  a  briefer 
or  more  meteoric  career.  She  was  bred  m 
California,  where  she  was  educated  and  first 
trained.  The  news  of  her  remarkably  fast 
workouts  led  to  her  sale  to  C.  K.  G.  Billings, 
in  May,  1903,  and  July  4,  1903,  Lou  started 
on  her  unprecedented  public  career  at  Cleve- 
land. Linlike  preceding  champions,  she  did 
not  work  ber  way  up  from  the  ranks.  To  the 
contrary,  she  was  a  born  star,  and  her  maiden 
start,  was  against  the  2:03  3-4  of  Alix,  but 
she  failed  to  beat  it,  trotting  in  2:04  1-4;  bu: 
the  week  after  she  accomplished  the  task, 
trotting  in  2:03  1-2,  which  again,  on  July  31, 
she  reduced  to  2:02  3-4.  She  tried  to  beat 
this  mark  next  at  Brighton  Beach,  and  failed. 
The  next  week  she  was  at  Readville,  where 
she  trotted  in  2  :oo.  Going  West,  she  started  at 
Cleveland,  in  September,  to  beat  Maud  S.'s 
2  :o8  3-4  to  high-wheel  sulky,  and  the  mile  was 
in  2  :o5.  In  October  she  was  at  Lexington, 
starting  against  2  :q4  3-4  to  wagon,  and  placed 
the  record  at  that  hitch  at  2:01  3-4.  Her  next 
start  was  at  Memphis,  where  she  beat  Major 
Delmar  for  the  Gold  Cup,  trotting  the  two 
heats,  each  to  wagon,  in  2  104  3-4.    Her  great 


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mile,  in  1  158  1-2,  was  made  at  tlie  same  meet- 
ing, four  days  later,  Lou  starting  against  2  :oo. 
October  28  she  went  against  her  wagon  rec 
ord  of  2  :oi  3-4,  and  beat  it  by  a  well-rated 
mile  in  2:00  flat.  In  1909  she  made  her 
memorable  exhibition  tour  of  Europe,  aston- 
ishing the  public  in  Germany,  Russia  and 
Austria  by  her  marvelous  speed,  after  three 
years  spent  in  the  harem,  although  in  foal  at 
the  time.  She  is  still  the  property  of  C.  K.  G. 
Billings,  of  Chicago. 

Next,  and  last  in  the  line  of  trotting  cham- 
pions, comes  the  mighty  Uhlan,  a  bay  gelding, 
foaled  in  1904,  and  bred  by  Arthur  H.  Parker, 
Bedford,  Mass.    In  1907  Mr.  Parker  sold  the 
gelding  to  Charles  Sanders,  of  Salem,  Mass., 
for  $2,500,  and  that  Fall,  in  a  matinee  race  to 
wagon,  he  won  in  2:13  3-4.    He  was  turned 
over  to  Robert  Proctor  to  train,  and  in  1908 
got  a  record  of  2  :oy  1-4.    The  following  sea- 
son   Uhlan,    at    Cleveland,    forced    Hamburg 
Belle  to  a  new  world's  race  record  for  trot- 
ters, of  2  :oi   1-4,  and  later,  at  Readville,  de- 
feated   the   mare,    earning   a    race    record    of 
2:03     1-2,    which    still    remains     (1914)     the 
world's  race  record  for  trotting  geldings.    He 
was  sold  after  the  Readville  race  to  C.  K.  G. 
Billings,  of  Chicago,  for  $35,000,  and  Charles 
Tanner  became  his  trainer  and   driver.     Be- 
fore going  into  Winter  quarters,  in  1910,  he 
had  taken  a  record  of  i  :58  3-4,  made  at  Cleve- 
land against  time,  and  a  wagon  record  of  2  :oi. 
Uhlan  failed  to  lower  his  best  mark  in  191 1, 
his  mile  against  time  at   Lexington,   Ky.,  of 
1 :59  1-2,  being  his  best  effort.    However,  he 
accomplished  the  remarkable  feat  of  trotting 
the  Goshen,  N.  Y.,  half-mile  track  in  2  :o2  3-4, 
the  world's  record  for  a  twice-around  course. 
He  also  got  the  world's  record,  to  wagon,  of 
56   1-4  seconds,   and  twice  tied  Lou  Dillon's 
wagon  record  of  2  :oo,  C.  K.  G.  Billings  driv- 
ing him  in  one  of  the  heats,  which  marked  a 
new    world's    record    driven   by    an    amateur. 
The  season  of  1912  Uhlan  was,  early  in  the 
year,  shipped  to  Europe  with  several  others 
of  Mr.  Billings'  stable,  and  driven  exhibition 
heats.    He  was  particularly  appreciated  by  the 
Russians,    who    marveled    at    his    tremendous 
speed.  Returning  to  the   United  States,  he  was 
put  in  shape  by  Mr.  Tanner  for  trips  against 
the  watch.   At  Lexington,  Ky.,  on  October  8, 
he  lowered  the  world's  trotting  record  to  i  :58, 
and   did   so    in   the   open    (without   aid   of    a 
windshield).     At    the    same    meeting,    Uhlan, 
hitched  double  with  Lewis  Forrest,  who  was 
bred  by  a  New  Hampshire  man,  lowered  the 
world's  pole  record  to  2  103  1-4,  a  reduction  of 
4  1-2  seconds.    With  his  retirement  from  the 
turf.  Uhlan  still  remains  the  property  of  Mr. 
Billings.     On    pleasant    forenoons    in    Central 


Park,  New  York,  can  frequently  be  seen  the 
famous  gelding,  gaily  stepping  along  the 
saddle  paths  with  his  owner  up,  and  by  Mr. 
Billings'  own  words,  Uhlan  is  a  perfect  saddle 
horse. 


THE  PACING  CHAMPIONS 

The  first  horse  to  beat  2  130  was  the  pacer 
Drover,  ridden  under  saddle  by  Hiram  Wood- 
ruff in  1839,  in  a  race.  But  saddle  records  do 
not  count  in  this  narrative,  so  the  champion- 
ship in  harness  began  with  Unknown,  the 
chestnut  gelding,  in  1844,  who  beat  Fairy 
Queen  to  wagon  in  2  123.  Unknown  seems  to 
have  had  but  this  one  race  to  his  credit,  and  he 
never  afterward  paced  near  his  record.  The 
pacing  record  of  2 123  stood  for  seven  years, 
when  the  roan  gelding  Pet  lowered  it  to 
2  :2i  1-4,  cutting  this  the  next  year  to  2:18  1-2. 
Then  Pocahontas,  the  stout  chestnut  daugh- 
ter of  Irons'  Cadmus,  set  a  mark  that  stood 
at  the  top  for  a  long  term  of  years.  This  old- 
time  champion  did  not  figure  in  many  races, 
but  few  as  they  were,  they  were  all  victories. 
Her  last  race  was  June,  1855,  3-t  the  old  Union 
Course,  Long  Island,  when  she  beat  Hero, 
both  to  wagon,  distancing  her  opponent  in 
the  first  heat  in  2:171-2.  This  remarkabL 
mare  was  foaled  1847.  In  1854  she  was  racer' 
by  Otis  Dimmick,  and  then  passed  to  Jas.  D. 
McMann,  who  drove  her  to  her  record. 
Woodmansee  sold  her  in  1856  to  R.  S.  Denny, 
Watertown,  Mass.  In  1870  she  was  owned 
by  John  G.  Wood,  West  Millbury,  Mass.,  and 
from  Wood  passed  to  Amasa  Sprague,  of 
Providence,  R.  I.,  whose  property  she  died  in 
1873  or  1874. 

In  18.69,  the  dun  gelding  Yankee  Sam,  date 
of  foaling  and  breeding  unknown,  cut  the  pac- 
ing record  to  2:161-2.  He  started  racing  in 
1866  and  made  his  last  appearance  in  1872. 
Out  of  eleven  races  he  won  six.  His  world's 
mark  was  made  Oct.  21,  1879,  ^^  Ulrichsville, 
Ohio,  in  a  winning  race  with  Shackelford, 
Maggie  Mitchell  and  Grey  Dan,  pacing  the 
first,  third  and  fifth  heats  in  2  :i9  1-2,  2  :i6  1-2, 
and  2:19  1-2.  As  to  what  became  of  him  his- 
tory is  silent. 

The  next  notable  pacing  champion  was 
Sleepy  Tom,  chestnut  gelding,  foaled  1868, 
and  a  son  of  Tom  Rolfe,  the  son  of  Pocahon- 
tas. When  a  three-year-old,  his  owner,  Isaac 
Dingier,  of  Bellwood,  Ohio,  had  him  trained 
and  he  paced  a  few  races  but  won  none.  In 
1873  he  won  one  race  and  got  a  record  of 
2 :40  1-2.  The  following  year  a  cold  settled 
in  his  eyes  and  he  began  to  go  blind,  winning 
but  one  race.  One  winning  race  in  1875  was 
to  his  credit,  with  his  record  reduced  a  half- 


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second.  In  1876  Mr.  Dingier  sold  him  to  one 
Millard,  who  treated  him  brutally,  and  traded 
him  to  William  H.  Corry,  of  Zenia,  Ohio,  for 
"the  crippled  colt  Gum  Elastic  Bill,  an  oroide 
watch  and  a  quart  of  bad  whisky."  Corry  sold 
him  to  Steve  C.  Phillips  for  $2.50  and  a  jug 
of  rye.  Phillips  raced  him  until  he  sold  him 
in  1879  to  Joe  Udell,  of  Wisconsin,  for 
$6,000.  In  187S  Sleepy  Tom  won  seven  races, 
with  the  best  mile  in  2  :2i  3-4.  His  first  win- 
ning race  in  1879  was  at  Jackson,  Mich., 
where  he  beat  Rowdy  Boy,  Lucy,  Bay  Sally, 
Mattie  Hunter  and  Sleepy  George,  taking  a 
record  of  2  117  1-4.  He  won  also  at  East  Sagi- 
naw, Toledo,  Louisville,  Columbus,  Cincin- 
nati, and  Chicago,  beating  practically  the  same 
fields.  xA-t  Chicago  he  made  his  world's  rec- 
ord, pacing  the  last  heat  of  a  five-heat  battle 
in  2:12  1-2,  beating  JNIattie  Hunter,  Lucy  and 
Rowd)'  Boy.  From  that  time  on  the  quar- 
tette were  known  as  "The  Big  Four."  He 
won  in  all  thirty  races  out  of  fifty-six  starts. 
Udell  sold  Sleepy  Tom  late  in  the  fall  of  1882 
to  Dr.  Olin,  of  Chicago,  who  drove  him  in  his 
medical  practice.  After  passing  through  sev- 
eral other  hands  the  old  fellow  finally  met  a 
tragic  death,  perishing  in  a  burning  stable  in  a 
small  Indiana  town  in  1885. 

Sleepy  Tom  was  succeeded  as  pacing  cham- 
pion by  Little  Brown  Jug,  a  brown  gelding, 
foaled  in  1875.  In  1880  he  was  purchased  by 
H.  V.  Bennis,  of  Chicago,  for  $3,000,  and 
placed  in  the  hands  of  "Knapsack"  McCar- 
thy, and  did  not  appear  in  public  again  until 
the  next  year,  1881,  when  his  career  was 
comet-like,  culminating  at  Hartford,  Conn., 
Aug.  24,  where  for  a  purse  of  $2,000  he  beat 
Mattie  Hunter  and  Lucy,  pacing  three  con- 
secutive heats  in  2:113-4,  2:113-4,  and 
2:12  1-2.  He  won  ten  races  that  season,  and 
this,  in  connection  with  his  world's  record, 
caused  his  purchase,  the  next  year,  by  Com- 
modore Kittson,  of  St.  Paul,  at  a  price  said  to 
have  been  $15,000.  He  proved  a  dear  pur- 
chase, however,  as  he  went  lame  soon  after 
and  did  little  good,  winning  but  two  hippo- 
drome races  and  going  several  disappointing 
exhibitions.  His  history  thereafter  was  of  ups 
and  downs,  as  he  passed  through  many  hands, 
finally  descending  to  nearly  the  lowest  roimd 
of  the  ladder;  but  at  last,  his  condition  be- 
coming known,  he  was  rescued  and  taken  back 
to  Tennessee,  where  he  was  pensioned  at  Ewell 
Farm,  and  died  in  peace  and  plenty  when  well 
along  toward  his  thirtieth  year. 

The  bay  gelding  Johnston,  that  succeeded 
"The  Jug,"  was  foaled  1877.  This  horse  was 
the  most  remarkable  of  the  pacers  in  the  ante- 
nneumatic  tire  days.  He  was  known  prior  to  his 
fifth  year  as  Charley  M.,  but  E.  H.  Smith,  of 


Chicago,  who  purchased  a  controlling  interest 
in   him,    changed    the   name   to    Johnston,    in 
honor  of  Peter  V.  Johnston,  who  trained  and 
first  raced  him.     Every  start  by  Johnston  in 
1883  was  a  victory,  and  he  closed  that  year 
with  a  world's  record  of  2:10,  his  last  three 
starts  being  against  time.    After  his  2:10  rec- 
ord was  made  he  was  sold  to  Commodore  Kitt- 
son for  $20,000.     Driven  by  John  Splan,  he 
made  eleven  starts  in  1884  under  the  Kittson 
colorSj  five  of  which  were  unsuccessful   tilts 
against  his   own   record,  until   October  3,   at 
Chicago.     He  was  started  that  day  over  the 
Garfield  Park  track  with  Richball,  each  to  beat 
their  records.    Johnston,  driven  by  Splan,  suc- 
ceeded, pacing  the  first  quarter  in  32s.,  the  half 
in  I  :o3  1-4,  and  the  mile  in  2  :o6  1-4,  which  is 
still  the  unbeaten  mile  by  a  harness  horse  to 
high  wheels  over  a  circular  track.     In    1886 
he  was  sold  to  Frank  Siddals,  of  Philadelphia, 
for   the   reported   price  of   $12,500.      Siddals 
started  him  sixteen  times  in  1887,  six  of  which 
were  winning  contested  races,  two  to  wagon, 
the  others  exhibitions.     His  wagon  record  of 
2  :i4  1-2  was  made  in  a  losing  race  with  Harry 
Wilkes  to  sulky.    Johnston  was  then  consigned 
to  a  Lexington  sale  and  passed  to  Col.  John 
W.   Conley,  of  Chicago,  at  a  cost  of  $3,900. 
Col.    Conley  turned   the   horse  over  to  Budd 
Doble,  who  drove  him  eight  times  against  the 
watch   in    1888.     In    1889  Johnston  paced   in 
2  ;o6  1-2  at  Cleveland,  and  in  2  :o6  3-4  at  Hart- 
ford.    He  was  sold  in  1890  to  C.  F.  Dunbar, 
of    Buffalo.      Age    was    telling    seriously    on 
Johnston,  and  1891  was  his  last  year  of  racing, 
but  he  was  good  enough  when  sixteen  years 
old  to  pace  a  mile  in  2:10  over  the  half-mile 
track    at    Youngstown,    Ohio,    driven    by    his 
owner.     Johnston  died  in  the  late  nineties  at 
Buft'alo,  having  been  well  cared  for  to  the  last. 
Mascot,  the  bay  gelding  by  Deceive,  foaled 
1885,  was  the  first  champion  to  beat  2:05,  ty- 
ing the  trotting  record  of  2  :o4  made  by  Nancy 
Hanks  in  1892,  at  Terre  Haute,  over  the  same 
track  and  at  the  same  meeting.     As  a  seven- 
year-rold,  in  W.  J.  Andrews'  hands,  he  showed 
much   higher   form,    and   his   last   appearance 
for  the  year,  at  Terre  Haute,  where  he  met 
Guy  and  Flying  Jib  and  was  defeated,  but  he 
won  the  first  heat  in  2  :o4 — a  world's  record. 
In  1893  Mascot  made  nine  starts,  six  of  which 
were  bracketed.     His  best  race  of  that  year 
was   in  July,   at    Detroit,   where  he  defeated 
Hal  Pointer,  M^ajor  Wonder,  Flying  Jib,  Guy, 
Manager  and  Blue  Sign  in  the  hottest  pacing 
contest  of  the  campaign.     The  heats  were  in 
2  :o7,  2  :o4  1-2,  2  :o6  1-4,  2  :o7  1-2,  2  :o7  1-2,  of 
which  Mascot  won  the  second,  third  and  fifth, 
the  fastest  five-heat  race  of  the  period.     In 
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L.  G.  Tewksbury,  of  New  York,  who  used 
him  for  road  driving.  Thence  he  passed 
through  many  hands,  East  and  West,  and  was 
last  heard  of  in  South  Dakota. 

Robert  J.,  the  next  pacing  champion,  was  a 
bay  gelding,  foaled  1888.  1894  was  the  "ban- 
ner year"  for  Robert.  He  made  sixteen 
starts,  in  but  one  of  which  he  was  not  credited 
with  races  or  heats  won.  He  encountered  the 
very  flower  of  the  pacing  division  and  came  off 
with  flying  colors.  He  beat  stout  Joe  Patchen 
at  Chicago,  setting  the  record  for  three  pacing 
heats.  At  Fort  Wayne  he  vanquished  ]\'Iascot 
and  Flying  Jib,  marking  himself  down  to 
2  :o3  3-4,  and  at  Indianapolis  again  beat  Joe^ 
Patchen,  2:02  1-2  being  his  record  when  the 
smoke  blew  over.  His  other  winnings  were  over 
Joe  and  John  R.  Gentry,  and  at  Terre  Haute, 
against  time,  he  earned  the  championship  rec- 
ord of  2:01  1-2.  During  the  best  part  of  his 
career  he  was  owned  at  Village  Farm,  East 
Aurora,  N.  Y.,  and  driven  by  Ed.  Geers.  He 
then  passed  to  L.  G.  Tewksbury,  who  toured 
him  in  exhibitions  with  John  R.  Gentry  and 
drove  him  on  the  New  York  speedway.  Fi- 
nally he  was  repurchased  by  the  Hamlins  and 
retired  at  Village  Farm,  ostensibly  to  end  his 
days  in  peace,  but  not  long  after  the  death  of 
the  elder  Hamlin,  in  1905,  the  turf  world  was 
shocked  to  learn  that  an  employee  of  the  farm, 
tiring  of  caring  for  him,  had  deliberately 
killed  him  in  a  most  brutal  way.  Thus  died 
one  of  the  greatest  and  gamest  pacers  that  ever 
lived. 

It  was  now  destined  that  a  stallion  should 
for  the  first  time  hold  the  championship  pac- 
ing record.  This  was  John  R.  Gentry,  "the 
little  red  horse,"  who  was  foaled  in  1889.  He 
raced  from  1892  to  1900.  In  1894  he  closed 
with  a  record  of  2  :o3  3-4,  having  been  sold  in 
the  Summer  for  $10,000  to  Holt  &  Scott,  of 
Graham,  N.  C.  In  1895  began  his  series  of 
duels  with  Joe  Patchen,  in  which  the  two 
proved  so  evenly  matched.  At  Dubuque  that 
year  he  equaled  his  record  of  2 103  3-4  in  a 
third  heat.  In  the  early  spring  of  1896  he  was 
sold  at  public  sale  to  William  Simpson,  for 
$7,600.  He  was  started  eleven  times  that 
year,  with  varying  success.  Late  in  September 
he  was  at  Rigly  Park,  Portland,  Me.,  where  he 
started  against  Robert  J.'s  2  :oi  1-2,  and  paced 
in  2:001-2.  John  R.  Gentry  afterward  be- 
came the  property  of  the  late  E.  H.  Harri- 
man,  Goshen,  N.  Y. 

Heretofore  the  majority  of  the  pacing 
champions  were  mainly  trotting  bred,  but  a 
year  after  John  R.  Gentry  had  made  his  rec- 
ord, the  Clown  passed  once  more  to  a  member 
of  the  Hal  family,  a  pacing  strain  that  has 
stuck  to   that  gait   with   remarkable   tenacity. 


This  was  Star  Pointer,  a  bay  horse,  foaled 
1889,  who  first  saw  the  light  in  Tennessee.  He 
was  sold  as  a  yearling  to  J.  W.  Titley,  a  Penn- 
sylvania breeder,  who  started  him  as  a  two- 
year-old  and  gave  him  a  record  of  2  134  1-4. 
He  next  appeared  in  his  five-year-old  form  as 
a  member  of  the  Geers  stable,  and  from  1894  to 
1899  was  among  the  turf  stars  of  the  first  mag- 
nitude. At  the  close  of  the  campaign  of  1896, 
previous  to  which  he  was  purchased  by  Ed. 
Mills,  of  Boston,  and  passed  into  Dave  Mc- 
Clary's  hands,  he  was  credited  with  2  :02  1-4, 
which  was  the  time  of  the  first  heat  of  a  win- 
ning race  at  Mystic  Park,  where  he  beat 
Frank  Agan  and  Robert  J.  His  ever-mem- 
orable year  on  the  turf  was  1897,  when  he 
started  sixteen  times,  the  majority  matches,  or 
against  time.  After  a  few  victories  early  in 
the  season  he  started  in  August  at  Readville 
to  beat  the  record  of  John  R.  Gentry,  and  put 
the  high  mark  at  i  :59  1-4.  This,  the  first 
crossing  of  the  2  :oo  line  by  a  harness  horse, 
made  a  tremendous  sensation,  as  was  natural, 
and  the  time  of  the  quarters  shows  how  splen- 
didly he  was  rated:  the  first  in  30s.,  the  sec- 
ond in  29  3-4S.,  the  third  in  29  1-4S.,  and  the 
fourth  in  30  1-4S.  Nearly  all  the  other  starts 
of  this  king  among  horses  were  against  time. 
In  1898.  he  equaled  his  record,  at  Columbus, 
and  paced  in  2  ;oi  1-2  at  Detroit.  Three  miles 
in  2  :oo  and  better  in  one  season  was  a  great 
feat.  His  only  two  starts  in  1899  were  at  Hart- 
ford, where  he  paced  in  2  :oo,  and  at  New 
York,  where  he  was  beaten  in  the  free-for-all 
stallion  race  by  Joe  Patchen  and  John  R.  Gen- 
try and  retired  from  the  contest  permanently 
broken  down.  After  a  few  seasons  in  Ohio, 
Star  Pointer  was  taken  to  California,  making 
several  seasons  there,  and  was  then  taken  back 
to  his  old  home  in  Tennessee. 

Foaled  1896,  the  brown  stallion  Dan  Patch, 
1 :55  1-4,  from  the  day  he  started  in  1900  to 
the  close  of  his  racing  career  in  1902,  never 
suffered  defeat  in  a  contested  race.  He  paced 
fifty-seven  heats  in  the  three  years  against 
other  horses,  and  lost  but  two.  This  record  was 
paralleled  by  but  two  other  world's  cham- 
pions, Maud  S.  and  Nancy  Hanks,  the  trot- 
ters. The  first  mile  paced  by  Dan  Patch  that 
was  better  than  2  :oo  was  at  Providence,  Aug. 
29,  1902,  when  he  stepped  in  i  :59  1-2  to  beat 
2  :oo  1-4.  All  his.subsequent  starts  were  against 
time.  His  first  heat  in  1903  was  a  half  in 
57  3-4  seconds  at  Columbus.  His  next  was  a 
mile  in  1 159  behind  a  runner,  at  Brooklyn. 
Again  at  Columbus  he  equaled  his  record.  At 
Lexington  he  started  to  beat  2:01  1-2  to 
wagon  and  paced  in  1 159  1-4.  At  Macon,  Ga., 
he  paced  two  miles  in  4:17,  to  beat  4:19.  At 
Memphis  he  made  his  record  mile  for  that  year 


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in  1 156  1-4,  and  at  the  same  meeting  lowered 
the  wagon  record  to  i  :57  1-4,  and  the  half- 
mile  mark  to  56  seconds.  Seven  miles  in  2  :oo 
and  better  were  to  his  credit  when  he  retired 
to  Winter  quarters  in  1903.  In  1904  Dan 
started  only  five  times,  lowering  his  record  to 
1 156  at  Memphis.  In  1905  his  first  mile  bet- 
ter than  2  :oo  was  at  Hamline,  where  he  paced 
in  I  :S9  1-2,  five  days  after  pacing  in  i  157  1-2 
over  the  same  track.  At  Lexington  he  again 
paced  in  1 156,  and  two  days  later  made  his 
best  technical  record,  i  :55  1-4.  He  then  went 
to  Memphis,  where  he  paced  against  time,  in 


the  open,  in  2  :oo,  I  159  1-4,  2  :oo  and  i  -.58. 
He  started  six  times,  beating  2:00  in  every 
effort.  Six  starts  were  also  made  by  him  in 
1907,  but  his  best  mile  that  year  was  in 
I  :57  1-2,  at  Phoenix,  Ariz.  Two  miles  better 
than  2  :oo  were  paced  by  him  in  1908.  Dan's 
last  exhibitions  were  in  1909,  starting  six 
times,  five  of  them  with  Minor  Heir.  With 
windshield  he  paced  in  i  155  flat,  which  rec- 
ord, however,  does  not  stand  as  a  technical 
one,  and  2  :o2  3-4  to  high  wheels,  behind  a  run- 
ner, which  latter  performance  is  a  record. 
Dan  Patch  is  owned  by  M.  W.  Savage,  Min- 
neapolis, Minn. 


Incidents  in  Eventful  Career  of  Noted 

Driver,  Dan  Mace 

(By  James  O'Neill) 

Editor's  Note. — Dan  Mace,  in  his  day,  zvas  the  most  noted  trainer  and  driver  of 
the  trotting  horse  in  the  country,  and  none  is  more  capable  for  relating  the  inside 
stories  of  some  of  his  principal  races  than  James  O'Neill,  zvho,  besides  attending  to 
all  of  his  clerical  zvork,  keeping  his  books  and  correspondence,  etc.,  was  manager  of 
his  blacksmith  shop.  Mr.  O'Neill  remainei  zvifh  Mr  Mace  until  the  time  of  his  death, 
on  April  19,  1885,  the  result  of  bright' s  disease.  Mr.  Mace  zvas  52  years  old  zvhen  he 
passed  azvay,  and  in  his  zvill  he  left  Mr.  O'Neill  the  blacksmith  shop. 

It  zvas  in  1875  that  Mr.  Mace  got  Hopeful,  2  :i4  3-4,  the  noted  trotting  gelding  that 
zvas  bred  by  the  late  Benjamin  D.  Whitcomb,  former  president  of  the  Nezv  England 
Trotting  Horse  Breeders'  Association.  Mr.  O'Neill,  in  the  Trotter  and  Pacer,  re- 
ferred particularly  to  the  campaign  of  this  famous  trotter,  and  of  Darby,  2:161-2, 
the  season-  of  1879  through  the  Grand  Circuit,  zvhen  Hopeful's  net  zvinnings 
amounted  to  the  neat  sum  of  $21,000,  but  to  let  Mr.  O'Neill  give  his  ozvn  version  of 
the  particular  events  in  Mr.  Mace's  life : 


AT  the  close  of  the  campaign  of 
1879  Dan  came  in  the  office  one 
forenoon  and  asked  that  the  bill 
of  Thomas  P.  Wallace,  of  New 
York,  owner  of  Darby,  be  made 
out  with  the  check  for  the  amount  due  him. 
After  figuring  up  the  account,  I  handed  Mace 
the  check  for  $14,000,  and  hours  later  he  re- 
turned and,  throwing  the  check  on  my  desk, 
said :  "Mr.  Wallace  carefully  went  over  the 
account.  He  then  asked  me  if  I  had  not 
robbed  myself,  and  insisted  that  I  keep  the  en- 
tire amount."  That  afternoon  I  destroyed  the 
check.  This  will  show  the  kind  of  patrons  the 
noted  trainer  and  driver  had  around  him. 

For  several  years  the  racing  associations 
through  Michigan,  Ohio,  Minnesota,  etc.,  had 
been  offering  Mace  big  inducements  to  bring 
his  string  of  campaigners  out  over  their 
tracks.  This  was  in  the  seventies;  about  1878, 
I  believe.  He  had  that  Spring,  at  Point 
Breeze,   nineteen  horses.     "Knap"   McCarthy 


did  all  of  the  conditioning,  and  Dan  would 
run  over  to  the  track  two  or  three  times  every 
week  to  drive  them,  so  as  to  be  able  to  find 
which  he  thought  good  enough  to  take  away 
racing. 

Of  the  best  ones  in  his  stable  I  recall  Hope- 
ful, Richard,  Darby,  Midnight,  Red  Jim,  Ella 
Jones  and  Kitty  Jacks.  Those  New  Yorkers 
who  had  horses  with  Dan  were  in  the  habit 
of  going  every  Sunday  to  the  track  to  see 
their  horses  work.  When  it  came  to  shipping 
West  it  proved  that  only  six  of  the  number 
were  considered  fast  enough  to  take  along, 
such  as  Hopeful,  Darby,  Midnight,  and  three 
others. 

His  first  start  was  in  the  Michigan  Circuit, 
opening  up  at  Adrian  and  then  Jackson,  where 
he  met  defeat  with  his  pet  trotter  Hopeful,  by 
a  mare  called  Proteine,  owned  in  Cincinnati. 
Of  course,  this  made  Dan  sore,  but  worse  was 
yet  in  store,  as  at  Toledo,  a  few  weeks  later, 
Proteine  did  the  trick  to  Hopeful  over  again. 


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the  latter  having  the  thumps.  After  the  race 
Dan  was  the  most  down-hearted  person  you 
ever  saw  over  the  defeat,  while,  on  the  other 
hand,  the  owners  of  the  mare  were  equally 
overjoyed.  In  the  heat  of  their  enthusiasm 
they  challenged  Dan  for  another  race  to  come 
off  the  following  Monday  week  at  Cleveland, 
(jffering  to  back  Proteine  against  Hopeful  at 
$2,000  to  $10,000. 

This  proposition  Mace  refused,  telling  the 
owners  of  the  mare  that  both  horses  were  en- 
tered in  the  free-for-all  at  Cleveland,  on 
Thursday,  and  they  would  then  have  the 
( hance  of  betting  just  as  much  money  as  they 
wished.  It  proved  to  be  a  great  betting  race, 
Proteine  ruling  a  heavy  choice  over  the  field. 
Mace  rather  liked  the  improvement  in  Hopeful 
since  his  defeat  at  Toledo,  and  in  the  selling 
down  of  the  starters  had  an  order  in  the  pool 
box  for  all  of  those  cheap  tickets. 

When  the  sun  went  down  over  the  hills  that 
evening  Proteine  had  received  her  Waterloo. 
Hopeful  was  her  conqueror.  The  owners  of 
the  mare  were  out  over  $10,000  on  the  result 
of  the  contest,  as  they  had  been  so  positive 
that  she  was  invincible  they  backed  her  to  the 
limit.  It  is  perhaps  needless  to  state  that  & 
good  share  of  that  money  went  in  cashing 
Mace's  tickets. 

When  we  read  of  horses  trotting  half  miles 
in  from  i  :oi  1-2  to  i  :03  nowadaj'S  we  are  apt 
to  think  it  quite  a  feat,  but  it  should  be 
stated  that  it  was  very  common  to  see  Hope- 
ful step  to  the  half  in  his  races  in  i  :o3  and 
I  :04.  and  in  those  days  there  were  no  bike 
sulkies,  while  the  tracks  were  not  nearly  as 
fast  as  is  now  the  case.  With  the  conditions 
pertaining  at  the  present  period  I  firmly  be- 
lieve Hopeful  would  easily  have  raced  in  bet- 
ter than  2  :io. 

I'll  relate  a  neat  coup  that  Mace  engineered 
at  Ionia,  Mich.,  and  executed  at  Ouincy  the 
following  week.  Pie  had  a  little  trotter  named 
Gossip,  Jr.,  entered  in  the  slow  classes  against 
a  very  fast  horse  from  Cincinnati  called  Big 
John,  and  the  owners  of  the  latter  were  up 
there  to  make  a  killing.  Nothing  but  taking 
off  the  pool  box  would  suit  them. 

Big  John  was  made  a  big  favorite,  while 
Gossip,  Jr.,  was  selling  for  a  song.  Mace 
played  his  gelding  to  win  $1,500,  and  won  the 
race,  but  at  that  he  had  little  confidence  in 
Gossip,  Jr.,  as  he  was  unreliable,  sometimes 
taking  it  into  his  head  to  stop,  when  he 
couldn't  be  moved  an  inch. 

Well,  the  next  week  at  Grand  Rapids,  be- 
fore the  race,  Dan  worked  Gossip,  Jr.,  and 
said  that  he  did  not  like  him,  and  if  he  was 
made  favorite  he  intended  playing  against 
him,   for  he  had  no  idea  he  was  capable  of 


winning.  The  betting  proved  to  be  Gossip,  Jr., 
$100;  field,  $40.  Mace  sent  in  an  order  to 
play  the  field. 

Gossip,  Jr.,  took  the  initial  heat  in'2:28, 
making  him  a  bigger  favorite  at  $100  to  $30 
over  the  field.  Dan  continued  playing  out  his 
hand  by  sending  another  order  into  the  pool 


DAN  MACE 

box  on  the  little  end.  However,  Gossip,  Jr., 
was  again  first  to  the  wire  in  2 127.  This 
caused  little  betting  before  the  third  heat,  but 
Dan  had  field  tickets  knocked  off  to  him  in  a 
way  not  to  arouse  suspicion.  Scoring  for  the 
heat  Gossip,  Jr.,  began  his  antics;  he  would 
break,  sulk,  and  behaved  so  badly  that  the 
judges  had  finally  to  send  oft'  the  field  without 
Inm.     He  caught  the  distance  flag. 

W'ow  ! ! !  How  the  crowd  did  yell  and  storm 
about,  declaring  at  the  top  of  their  voices  it 
was  one  of  Mace's  slick  tricks.  To  satisfy 
the  public,  the  judges  called  it  no  heat,  and 
put  up  a  prominent  Western  driver  in  Dan's 
place.  It  made  no  difference,  however,  as 
Gossip,  Jr.,  was  done  for  that  day  and  made 
his  standstill  breaks,  getting  the  flag  again. 

That  night  when  Mace  went  to  town,  the 
first  thing  he  did  was  to  go  to  the  freight  sta- 
tion to  find  out  what  it  would  cost  to  ship 
Gossip,  Jr.,  to.  Trenton,  N.  J.,  where  he  was 
owned  by  Henry  M.  Smith,  of  the  Fashion 
Farm.  While  making  the  arrangements  to 
ship,  a  reporter  slipped  into  the  freight  office 
and  sat  down  on  a  barrel.  He  had  both  ears 
wide  open  to  catch  any  news  of  the  race  of 
that  afternoon  for  his  paper;  there  had  been 
so  much  talk  over  it.     In  some  way  Dan  knew 


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"I  have  had  bad  luck  enough  with  that 
who  he  was,  but  did  not  let. on.  Before  leav- 
ing the  office  he  remarked  to  the  freight  agent : 
horse.  Now  that  he  has  broke  me  I  am 
mighty  glad  to  get  rid  of  him." 

In  the  next  morning  paper  the  reporter 
showed  he  had  grabbed  the  bait,  hook  and  all, 
as  there  was  a  column  and  a  half  story  telling 
how  Gossip,  Jr.,  had  broke  Mace  and  the 
party  with  him,  and  as  a  result  the  gelding 
had  been  shipped  home.  The  truth  of  the  mat- 
ter was  that  Mace's  winnings  were  $9,800. 

One  of  the  lovable  characteristics  of  Mace 
was  his  fondness  for  children.  When  we 
struck  Quincy,  111.,  he  went  to  one  of  the 
prominent  members  of  the  association,  John 
Allen,  originally  a  Providence  man,  whom  Dan 
had  known  previous  years  in  the  East,  and 
made  arrangements  that  on  Thursday,  the  day 
he  was  down  to  exhibit  Hopeful,  all  of  the 
school  children  and  little  orphans  would  be  ad- 
mitted free.  Then  Dan  ordered  a  big  ox 
killed  and  roasted  in  the  infield  for  a  barbecue. 
He  paid  all  of  the  expenses.  The  management 
bought  a  floral  wreath  to  put  on  Hopeful.  It 
certainly  was  a  great  day  for  the  kids  in 
Quincy. 

The  week  before  this  at  Danville,  111.,  Mace 
l-.ad  been  thrown  from  the  sulky  and  had  his 
shoulder  dislocated,  so  that  he  was  compelled 
to  drive  Hopeful  at  Quincy  with  one  hand, 
his  other  one  being  in  a  sling.  It  was  so  pain- 
ful that  after  the  mile,  on  alighting  from  the 
sulky,  he  fell  to  the  ground  in  a  faint.  Imme- 
diately the  children  rushed  to  the  track  and 
set  up  a  great  cry,  believing  that  their  bene- 
factor was  seriously  injured.  There  were  over 
7,500  persons  in  the  grandstand,  too,  that 
were  greatly  concerned  as  to  Mace's  condition. 
Fifteen  minutes  after  being  taken  to  his  stable 
he  revived  and  appeared  again  in  the  quarter- 
stretch.  When  the  children  and  crowd  saw 
that  he  was  all  right,  the  most  spontaneous 
burst  of  applause  came  forth  that  was  ever 
heard  on  a  race  track.  Everybody  fairly  went 
wild. 

Mace  drove  many  match  races  on  wnich 
large  sums  of  money  depended.  One  occurred 
at  the  old  Prospect  track,  near  where  the 
Gravesend  running  track  was  located.  It 
was  between  Edward  and  Richard.  Frank 
Work  owned  the  former  and  Foster  Dewey, 
Richard.  The  match  was  for  $5,000  a  side, 
making  $10,000  up. 

The  day  of  the  race  was  cloudy,  but  Dan 
went  prepared,  as  that  forenoon  he  had  a  pair 
of  mud  shoes  (shoes  calked)  slipped  on  Rich- 
ard, for  the  event  was  play  or  pay.  Johnny 
Murphy  did  the  honors  behind  Edward.  It 
began  to  rain  before  the  opening  heat,  making 


the  track  heavy  and  slippery.  Edward  was  a 
big  favorite.  Richard  won  the  first  heat  in 
2:21  1-2.  When  it  came  to  the  second  the 
continued  rain  had  made  the  track  deep  in 
mud,  but  Dan  had  the  big  advantage  through 
his  shrewdness  in  having  Richard  shod  in 
anticipation  of  the  weather.  The  mud  shoes 
told  the  story,  as  the  race  was  over  in  straight 
heats,  Richard  winning. 

I  think  that  the  last  race  that  Mace  drove 
was  at  Springfield,  Mass.,  August  29,  1883.  In 
the  race  were  such  horses  as  Overman,  J.  B. 
Thomas,  Romero,  Minnie  A.,  and  Josephus, 
the  last  being  the  property  of  the  late  David 
Stephenson.  Mace  was  engaged  to  drive  Jo- 
sephus. There  had  always  been  great  rivalry 
between  Hickok,  who  had  Overman,  and 
Mace.  Rain  had  made  the  track  quite  heavy, 
but  Dan  was  particularly  anxious  to  defeat 
Hickok  on  any  account.  Mace  drew  the  pole, 
and  next  came  Overman.  One  of  the  drivers 
in  the  race  was  Jimmy  Golden. 

Now  it  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  Jo- 
sephus was  not  the  gamest  trotter  ever  bred. 
He  won  the  initial  heat  in  2:21  1-2,  but  was 
very  tired.  Mace  had  the  management  roll 
the  track  before  the  second,  to  settle  the  mud 
some.  After  a  desperate  finish  Josephus  cap- 
tured the  second  heat  right  in  2 :20,  but  he 
fairly  staggered  the  last  end  of  the  route.  It 
surely  looked  all  over  for  Mace  to  win,  but 
right  here  was  where  his  wonderful  sagacity 
came  into  play. 

No  sooner  had  Josephus  reached  the  stall, 
at  the  conclusion  of  the  heat,  than  Dan  sent 
for  the  blacksmith  and  had  him  take  the  heads 
off  the  nails  in  one  of  the  forward  shoes,  so 
that  when  he  came  out  for  the  third  heat  the 
shoe  would  fall  off.  When  this  happened  the 
judges  gave  Dan  the  requested  time  to  have 
the  shoe  replaced,  but  before  he  got  round 
for  the  heat  nearly  an  hour  and  a  quarter  had 
passed,  and  Josephus  was  then  well  rested.  It 
was  not  easy  for  Mace  to  win,  though,  as 
never  in  all  of  his  career  on  the  turf  did  he 
drive  a  liarder  or  more  clever  heat.  By  almost 
riding  the  gelding  on  the  back  he  just  man- 
aged to  reach  the  wire  a  neck  to  the  good.  The 
time  of  the  heat  was  2:21  1-2.  Many  who 
had  seen  Dan  drive  for  years  have  declared 
it  was  the  best  race  he  ever  drove.  The  Hickok 
party  lost  a  large  pot  of  money  on  the  result, 
and  a  portion  of  it  went  into  Mace's  pocket. 
This  was  Dan's  last  race. 

All  the  time  Mace  was  doing  somebody  a 
good  turn.  I  can  call  to  memory  once  when 
away  racing  we  came  to  a  meeting  where  he 
met  a  man  with  a  horse  entered  who  had  not 
the  money  to  pay  the  entrance  fee.    This  ap- 


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pealed  to  Dan,  and  he  settled  for  the  fee.  Not 
that  alone,  as  when  the  afternoon  of  the  race 
came,  he  drove  the  horse  for  the  man,  and  got 
second  money.  His  price  for  driving  in  a  race 
was  always  high,  but  in  this  instance  he  gave 
his  services  free.  The  following  evening  I 
happened  over  to  the  railroad  depot,  and  who 
should  I  meet  going  away  but  the  man  Mace 
had  assisted.  Now  he  had  not  paid  back  to 
Dan  that  money  for  entrance  on  the  horse,  so 
T  hurried  over  to  the  hotel  and  told  Dan  that 


the  man  he  had  befriended  was  skinning  out 
without  settling  with  him.    He  said  to  me: 

"Let  the  poor  fellow  go;  he  may  need  the 
money  in  another  place." 

There  is  no  doubt  that  at  one  time  Mace 
was  worth  over  $100,000,  but  at  his  death,  in 
1885,  he  left  little  property,  as  he  had  lost 
the  most  he  had  in  bad  speculations.  His  habits 
were  temperate,  and  in  the  last  five  years  of 
his  life  he  quit  smoking  entirely,  and  only 
occasionally  took  a  glass  of  wine. 


Weil-Bred    Horse   with    Quality   and 
Soundness  is  Best  for  Business 

(By  Henry  C.  Merwin) 

Permission  of  Am.  Horse  Br^-der 

Editor's  Note. — There  is  no  person  more  capable  of  knowing  the  future  of  the 
zvork-horse  than  Henry  C.  Merzvin,  president  of  the  Boston  Work-Horse  Relief  Asso- 
ciation, therefore,  his  statement  of  facts  must  prove  of  immense  benefit  to  all  identified 
with  the  business  horse. 


SIX  years  ago,  the  Boston  Work-Horse 
Relief  Association  (then  called  the 
Work-Horse  Parade  Association)  is- 
sued a  small  pamphlet,  written  by 
Gilbert  Tompkins  on  the  work-horse 
and  the  automobile.  As  the  result  of  a  careful 
investigation  made  by  him  for  the  association, 
Mr.  Tompkins  strongly  advised  horse  breeders 
in  the  West  to  raise  as  many  good  animals  as 
their  farms  would  support.  If  this  advice  had 
been  followed,  everybody  concerned  would 
now  be  better  off.  The  price  of  work-horses 
is  much  higher  than  it  was  six  years  ago,  and 
all  signs  indicate  that  it  will  go  higher  still. 

For  long  hauls,  the  auto-truck  may  be,  and 
probably  is,  more  economical  than  horses,  but, 
for  short  hauls,  the  case  is  just  the  opposite. 
The  use  of  the  commercial  car  is  increasing,  no 
doubt,  but  the  increase  is  very  slow,  indeed — 
and  is  more  apparent  than  real.  In  many 
cases,  prominent  concerns  are  using  auto- 
trucks, leased  to  them  at  a  low  rate,  with  the  ex- 
pectation that  the  advertisement  thus  obtained 
will  compensate  for  the  loss  in  rental.  In  other 
cases,  the  use  of  the  automobile  is  an  experi- 
ment, and  such  experiments  usually  end  in  dis- 
aster. We  hear  frequently,  it  is  true,  of  busi- 
ness concerns  that  are  buying  or  hiring  auto- 
cars, but,  on  the  other  hand,  we  hear  fre- 
quently of  other  business  concerns  that  are 
giving  them  up  as  being  economically  impos- 
sible. The  cost  of  repairs  and  the  deprecia- 
tion are  enormous. 


At  the  Boston  Work-Horse  Parade,  in  1913, 
there  were  1,225  entries,  as  against  1.062  en- 
tries the  year  before.  It  was  estimated  that 
the  number  would  have  been  about  twenty-five 
greater  had  it  not  been  for  the  competition  of 
the  automobile.  In  other  words,  the  loss  oc- 
casioned by  the  automobile  amounted  to  about 
two  per  cent  of  the  total  number  of  entries. 
Nothing  very  alarming  in  that ! 

Unless  some  startling  improvements  are 
made,  which  will  greatly  lower  the  cost  or  in- 
crease the  durability  of  the  commercial  auto- 
mobile, there  is  no  prospect  of  any  serious 
competition  between  it  and  the  horse  for  many 
years  to  come.  In  fact,  some  mechanical  en- 
gineers believe  that  the  horse  will  never  be 
superseded  for  short  hauls.  "The  horse," 
they  say,  "is  the  most  economical  machine  yet 
invented." 

But  let  no  one  think  that  he  can  make  money 
by  raising  an  inferior  work-horse ;  let  no  one 
breed  an  old  worn-out  mare,  or  a  mare  with 
any  constitutional  unsoundness,  or  tendency 
to  unsoundness.  The  produce  of  such  stock 
will  seldom  be  sold  at  a  profit — to  say  nothing 
of  the  cruelty  involved  in  breeding  horses 
which  are  almost  certain  to  suffer  from  pain- 
ful lameness  before  they  reach  middle  life. 
Buyers  now  demand  work-horses  that  have 
soundness  and  quality,  and  the  whole  tendency 
is  in  that  direction.  Beauty  in  the  work-horse 
has  now  a  recognized  value  as  an  advertise- 
ment. \Nho  are  the  men  that  are  making 
monev  as  master  teamsters  in  our  g-reat  cities? 


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They  are  the  men  who  have  the  best  horses 
and  treat  them  the  best. 

Some  time  ago,  when  I  was  praising  the 
horses  of  a  particular  truckman  to  a  man  en- 
gaged in  a  different  branch  of  the  horse  busi- 
ness, he  replied,  "Oh,  that  fellow ;  why  he 
spends  every  cent  that  he  makes  on  those  fine 
blankets  and  the  brass-mounted  harness  that 
he  uses ;  that  isn't  business."  Well,  I  took 
pains  to  inquire,  and  I  found  that  this  enthu- 
siastic, extravagant  truckman  had  laid  up 
$100,000  in  twenty  years !  On  the  other  hand, 
if  }^ou  find  a  truckman  with  thin,  gaunt,  un- 
cared-for horses,  you  find  a  man  who  has  hard 
work  to  keep  out  of  bankruptcy. 

It  is  the  custom  in  Boston  and,  I  presume, 
in  all  cities,  for  master  truckmen  to  assign 
particular  wagons  and  horses  for  use  by  a  par- 
ticular customer :  that  is,  the  wagon  is  reserved 
mainly,  often  wholly,  for  the  customer's  use, 
and  both  his  name  and  that  of  the  truckman 
appear  on  the  wagon.  These  regular  custom- 
ers are  beginning  to  complain,  I  am  glad  to 
sajr,  if  the  horses  that  haul  the  wagon  with 
their  name  on  it,  do  not  come  up  to  a  high 
standard.  "Why  don't  you  have  a  fine  horse 
on  my  wagon?"  they  say  to  the  truckmen. 
"Why  don't  you  exhibit  in  the  Parade?"  "Why 
don't  you  paint  that  wagon  and  clean  up  the 
harness  ?" 

There  is  another  reason  why  quality  in  the 
modern  work-horse  is  demanded.  The  life 
of  a  work-horse  in  the  city  is  now  a  very 
strenuous  one.  The  streets  are  so  slippery 
especially  in  Winter,  that  he  is  in  constant 
danger  of  falling ;  and,  when  the  going  is  bad, 
the  horse  gets  very  tired  before  the  end  of  the 
day.  Now  we  all  know  that  a  well-bred  horse 
will  keep  on  his  feet  better  and,  in  case  of  a 
fall,  will  get  up  much  quicker  than  a  coarse- 
bred  one.  The  coarse-bred  horse,  if  tired,  is 
often  ready,  and  even  glad,  to  fall,  and,  once 
down,  he  is  perfectly  willing  to  stay  down ; 
whereas,  the  well-bred  horse  will  leap  to  his 
feet,  if  possible.  There  are,  of  course,  many 
exceptions,  but  this,  as  all  horsemen  know,  is 
true  as  a  general  statement. 

Then,  again,  the  coarse-bred  horse  is  much 
slower  to  recover  from  illness  or  injury — es- 
pecially when  the  blood  is  affected.  For  ex- 
ample, at  the  free  hospital  for  horses,  main- 
tained by  the  Boston  Work-Horse  Relief 
Association,  there  have  been  an  aston- 
ishing number  of  cases  of  blood-poisoning, 
which  originated  from  some  cut  on  the  foot 
or  leg — sometimes  from  interfering.  This  is 
a  trouble  peculiar  to  the  city,  and  the  "vets" 
say  that,  in  these  cases,  as  probably  in  all  other 
cases  of  injury  or  illness,  the  well-bred  horse 


makes  a  quicker  recovery  than  the  poorly-bred 
one. 

Quality,  therefore,  as  well  as  soundness,  is 
necessary  in  the  brood-mare.  Sell  the  mare 
with  coarse  hair,  overhanging  eyelids,  meaty 
legs,  ragged  hips  and  a  sloping  rump,  and 
breed  from  the  fine-haired,  large-eyed  mare 
with  clean  legs,  hoofs  of  close  texture,  well- 
cut  sears  and  smooth  hips.  The  demand  for 
work-horses  like  this  is  much  in  excess  of  the 
supply. 

A  carload  of  such  horses  was  recently 
brought  from  the  West  to  Springfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, arriving  on  a  Saturday.  A  truck- 
man in  Boston,  who  heard  of  their  arrival, 
took  a  train  at  2  or  3  o'clock  Sunday  morning 
and  thus  got  the  pick  of  the  lot — a  pair  for 
which  he  paid  over  a  thousand  dollars.  The 
next  train  brought  another  Boston  truckman. 

Express  horses  are,  perhaps,  even  more 
scarce.  Percheron  mares,  bred  to  trotting 
stallions  of  good  bone  and  substance,  should 
produce  such  horses.  There  is  also  a  large 
demand  for  horses  to  draw  milk  wagons  and 
bakers'  wagons.  These  wagons,  with  their 
loads,  are  now  so  heavy  that  they  require  a 
1400  pound  horse,  and  he  must  do  his  work  at 
a  trot.  It  is  not  easy  to  find  a  horse  of  that 
weight  who  is  light  enough  on  his  feet  to  trot 
without  pounding  himself  to  pieces.  The  de- 
mand for  this  kind  of  a  horse  is  rapidly  in- 
creasing. 

As  for  the  carriage  horse  and  the  roadster, 
their  future  depends  upon  the  securing  of  sep- 
arate macadamized  roads  for  horse-drawn 
pleasure  vehicles  in  the  parks  and  suburbs  of 
the  cities.  If  it  should  thus  become  possible 
for  a  man — and  still  more  for  his  wife — to 
take  a  drive  in  a  carriage  without  the  prospect 
of  meeting  sudden  death  at  the  hands  of  some 
reckless  or  drunken  chauffeur,  the  carriage 
horse  and  the  roadster  would  come  back,  I  be- 
lieve to  a  great  extent.  There  are  hundreds 
of  people  who  would  like  to  take  a  daily  drive, 
but  they  have  been  scared  out  of  this  innocent 
and  wholesome  amusement,  and  have  sold  or 
given  away  their  horses.  Minorities  always 
have  to  fight  for  their  rights,  and  the  horse 
owners  in  this  country  have  surrendered  theirs 
without  a  struggle. 


R.  G.  CROSBY  FOR  THIRD  TERM 

It  is  certain  that  Riley  G.  Crosby  will  con- 
tinue in  his  official  office  of  president  of  the 
Dorchester  Gentlemen's  Driving  Club  in  1915, 
he  having  received  the  unanimous  nomination 
at  the  club's  meeting,  held  on  Dec.  7,  1914.  It 
will  make  his  third  term  in  the  executive  chair. 


John  Shepard  Tells  of  Racing  to  Sleigh 
On  the   Mill  Dam  and  Beacon  Street 


JOHN  SHEPARD,  the  veteran  lover 
of  good  horses,  relates  the  following 
of  old-time  racing  on  the  Mill  Dam 
and  Beacon  Street  Boulevard: 
"The  gentlemen  of  the  road  would 
often  give  me  a  trotter  which  they  considered 
a  bit  'gone  by,'  and,  as  a  general  rule,  I  could 
take  him  and  beat  the  very  horse  the  big 
fellows  fancied  most.  They  said  it  was  be- 
cause I  made  so  much  noise  behind  the  horse, 
but  I  don't  believe  it. 

"Personally,  I  think  the  reason  for  my 
success  lay  solely  in  my  energetic  driving. 

"I  remember  one  instance,  when  I  sold 
Dick  Swiveller  to  Frank  Work  for  pretty 
close  to  $12,000. 

"We  were  driving  down  the  Harlem  road, 
and  by  the  time  we  reached  'Gabe'  Case's  I 
had  passed  everything  except  Work,  who 
was  driving  Swiveller.  Naturally,  I  didn't 
like  to  embarrass  Mr.  Work  right  in  front 
of  all  the  people  who  were  out,  and  so  I  had 
to  pull  my  horse  away  over  to  the  other  side 
of  the  road. 

"Mr.  Work,  of  course,  didn't  know  of  this 
episode,  and  he  was  much  pleased  with 
Swiveller's  perrormance. 

"Then  there  was  another  incident  nearer 
home  which  I  like  to  remember.  I  was  tak- 
ing Thomas  Plant  out,  in  Boston,  with  a  fine 
pair  of  horses.  We  went  along  merrily  for  a 
time,  and  I  could  see  that  my  companion' was 
turning  something  over  in  his  mind.  Finally, 
after  a  long  silence,  he  said : 

"  'Mr.  Shepard,  I  want  to  tell  you  some- 
thing. Some  time  ago  I  had  a  wonderfully 
fast  horse  which  could  beat  everything  in 
sight,  and  I  was  very  anxious  to  get  an  op- 
portunity to  beat  you.  At  last,  after  many 
days  of  good  sleighing,  I  got  out  on  the 
Brookline  road  and  found  you,  and  we 
started  together. 

"  'The  horse  I  was  driving  would  make 
frequent  breaks,  but  would  always  steady 
down  again  and  recover  without  losing  any- 
thing. 

"  'You  were  trotting  Reina  at  a  good  clip, 
and  when  we  got  down  the  road  a  bit,  right 
in  front  of  a  big  crowd,  my  horse  broke,  and 
you  turned  around  and  said:  "Let  him  run, 
that  gait  will  suit  me  as  well  as  any  other," 
and  we  went  right  down  without  any  acci- 
dent. 


'■  'When  we  turned  to  go  back,  I  asked 
you  to  try  that  once  more,  because  I  didn't 
like  you  to  beat  me  that  way.  You  said  no, 
that  you  wouldn't  start  in  cold  blood  for  any- 
thing, but  that  if  I  would  go  back  to  Cool- 
idge's  Corner  with  you,  you  would  be  glad 
to  trot  with  me. 

"  'Well,  we  went  back,  and  several  other 
gentlemen  with  horses  accompanied  us  to  see 


JOHN  SHEPARD 

the  brush  and  try  to  get  in  front  of  you,  so 
that  I  could  beat  you,  an  event  which  would 
have  afforded  them  great  pleasure. 

"  'When  we  got  to  the  corner,  everyone 
tm'ned  around,  and  the  whole  file  of  us 
started  off  at  once.  We  had  gone  a  quarter 
of  a  mile  or  so,  when  to  our  surprise  we  saw 
that  you  were  not  with  us,  and  so  we  pulled 
up  to  wait  for  you ;  at  this  you  whipped  up 
and  came  down  the  road  on  the  jump,  and 
when  you  were  near  us,  you  yelled  for  us  to 
go  ahead.  We  all  started  off,  but  many  oi 
the  horses  broke  and  some  couldn't  move 
off  fast  enough,  and  you,  with  skilful  driving, 
got  through.  Then  I  made  tip  my  mind  it 
was  no  use  trying  to  beat  j'ou,  and  we  all 
followed  you  down.  Yes,  Mr.  Shepard, 
Reina  was  a  good  mare.  She  beat  every- 
thing- that  came  out  on  the  snow.' 


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"One  time  Arloch  Wentworth,  one  of  the 
wealthy  men  in  those  days,  came  up  to  my 
house,  as  he  often  did,  and  went  out  to  the 
stables  to  look  over  the  horses. 

"  'John,'  said  he,  pointing  to  Reina,  'give 
me  that  mare ;  she's  getting  old,  and  you 
won't  want  her  much  longer.' 

"  'No,'  said  I,  'I  might  sell  her  to  you  for 

$1,000.' 

"But  Arloch  wanted  her  as  a  gift,  and 
held  out  for  her. 


tried  to  be  a  Christian,  but  driving  Sundays 
was  one  of  my  pet  sins.  Well,  we  arranged, 
perfectly  fairly,  to  have  the  horse  turn  about 
one  every  second  day,  and  I  always  tempted 
the  devil  b}'  taking  her  Sundays  as  well. 

"The  second  horse  I  bought  turned  out 
better  still  for  me. 

''There  was  a  man  living  out  Grove  Hall 
wav  who  owned  a  fine  bit  of  horseflesh. 
This  man,  too,  was  a  good  Christian.  He 
went  to  church  every  Sunday,  but  he  had  no 


ETHEL'S  PRIDE,  2:06  3-4 
The  Best  Trotter  Owned  by  John  Shepard,  the  Dean  of  American  Reinsmen 


"After  a  bit  I  said :  'Arloch,  I'll  give  you 
Reina  on  one  condition.  As  you  say,  she 
won't  be  much  use  to  me  after  a  time.  Now, 
you  like  money  pretty  well,  but  it  won't  be 
of  any  use  to  you  when  you  depart  this  life, 
ril  tell  you  what ;  you  make  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association  a  present  of 
$TOO,ooo  and  you  can  have  Reina.' 

"And  at  last  he  took  the  offer.  True, 
he  didn't  do  it  right  away,  but  after  thinking- 
It  over  for  quite  a  while  he  came  up  one  day 
and  told  me  that  he  had  arranged  the  en- 
dowment, and  when  he  died  the  association 
got  the  money. 

"The  first  horse  I  ever  bought  was  in 
partnership  with  another  man.  I  got  the 
better  of  the  deal  in  one  way.  This  other 
chap  was  a  good  Christian,  and  couldn't  be 
induced  to  go  driving  on  Sunday.     I  always 


compunctions  about  going  and  coming  be- 
hind his  horse.  Moreover  he  had  no  com- 
punctions either  about  passing  me  on  the 
way  without  great  difficulty. 

"He  talked  so  much  about  this  that  I  de- 
termined finally  I'd  get  a  horse  that  would 
beat  him.  I  looked  about,  and  after  a  bit  I 
bought  a  nice  fellow  called  'Old  Trot.'  I 
paid  $,300,  and  agreed  to  give  $25  more  if  he 
turned  out  well. 

"Well,  sir,  that  horse  did  turn  out  excel- 
lently well,  especially  on  the  Sabbath,  I  am 
pleased  to  say,  and  the  man  got  his  $25. 

"Not  long  ago,  my  son,  who  is  now  57 
years  old,  was  telling  me  that  as  long  as  he 
could  remember  I  was  matching  horses,  and 
he  wondered  that  I  never  got  a  pair.  As  a 
matter  of  fact,  I  had  several  good  ones.  I 
used  to  give  away  many  of  my  best  horses  to 


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my  friends  after  I  had  had  the  best  years  out 
■of  them,  but  nowadays  everybody  has  auto- 
mobiles. A  number  of  years  ago  I  tried  a 
new  experiment.  I  sent  two  horses  to  the 
New  York  auction,  expecting  to  get  $2,000 
■or  $3,000  for  them.  Instead,  I  got  only  $500 
for  one  and  $385  for  the  other.  But  both  of 
them  found  good  homes. 

"Senator  L.,  the  one  that  went  for  $385, 

beat  the  best  horse  in  New  York  afterward, 

and  his  owner  wrote  me  that  the  silver  cup 

he  won  was  worth  more  than  $1,000  to  him. 

"About  twenty  )'ears  ago  I  bought  a  horse 


at  Hartford  for  $10,000.  He  trotted  a  race 
for  me  the  same  afternoon,  and  with  his  win- 
nings he  cost  me  $8,500.  Next  day  I  sold 
him  to  William  Rockefeller  for  William  H. 
Vanderbilt  at  $15,000,  and  Mr.  Vanderbilt 
was  so  pleased  that  at  Saratoga  afterward  he 
talked  to  me  about  him  for  an  hour.  The 
horse  had  gone  double  for  him  with  Maud  S., 
breaking  the  world's  record  at  that  time  for 
the  mile  in  2  :i5  1-2. 

"The  best  horse  I  ever  owned  was  Ethel's 
Pride.  She  cost  me  $10,000,  but  she  soon 
won  the  $io,oco  purse  at  Syracuse." 


Boston  Blue  Was  First  Trotter  to  Beat 

Three  Minutes 


(By  The  Veteran) 


IN  the  Summer  of  1820  an  advertise- 
ment appeared  in  a  paper  published  in 
Boston  in  which  the  Boston  Jockev 
Club  offered  to  give  a  purse  of  $1,000 
to  any  horse  which  would  trot  a  mile 
in  three  minutes. 

The  paper  containing  this  announcement 
came  to  the  notice  of  Orrin  B.  Palmer,  who 
lived  near  Waterville,  Me. 

A  short  time  previous  he  had  secured  a 
rangy,  close-cropped  bay  gelding,  who  had 
a  slanting  or  very  oblique  shoulder,  and 
whose  legs  stood  well  under  him.  The  horse 
■stood  about  15.2  hands  high  and  weighed 
neariy  t,oco  pounds.  Such  Ts  the  description 
which  Mr.  Palmer  gave  to  Hall  C.  Burieigh, 
of  Vassalboro,  who  was  an  expert  horseman' 
and  a  breeder  of  prize  Hereford  cattle. 

The  horse  had  been  used  for  two  seasons 
"by  David  Nourse  in  towing  scows  and  long 
boats  up  the  Ivennebec  River  from  Augusta 
to  Waterville.  After  Mr.  Palmer  had  used 
the  horse  a  little  while  he  found  he  had  a 
trotter  with  a  great  burst  of  speed  for  those 
days,  and  privately  timed  him  on  the  ice 
where  the  footing  was  verv  smooth  and 
solid. 

When  the  offer  of  the  Jockev  Club  came 
to  Mr.  Palmer,  he  determined  to  go  to  Bos- 
ton and  make  a  try  for  it.  He  immediately 
fixed  up  a  gig  out  of  an  old  pair  of  chaise 
wheels  and,  hitching  his  horse  to  it,  started 
for  Boston. 

On  his  way  he  called  on  his  brother-in- 
law,  at  Exeter,  N.  H.,  and  stopped  over 
night.  He  said  nothing  of  his  business  to 
Boston  until  morning,  when  he  informed  his 
brother-in-law  what  he  was  going  for.     The 


Exeter  man  was  quick  to  catch  the  idea,  and 
it  was  agreed  that  he  should  take  a  vessel 
and  go  to  Fjoston  with  a  big  sum  of  money 
to  bet  on  the  horse. 

Mr.  Palmer  and  the  brother-in-law  arrived 
in  Boston  in  good  time.  The  horseman 
from  the  Kennebec  soon  made  a  match  to 
beat  three  minutes  with  the  approval  of  the 
Jockey  Club.  The  trial  came  off  over  the 
Lynn  turnpike,  where  a  mile  course  was 
measured  off.  The  gelding  had  been  named 
Zuarrom,  and  by  that  name  he  still  is  known 
in  the  annals  of  early  Maine  trotters. 

In  this  race,  to  please  someone's  fancy,  the 
horse  was  entered  as  Boston  Blue.  The 
traditions  of  early  trotting  around  Lynn  and 
Salem  are  to  the  effect  that  Boston  Blue 
trotted  a  mile  in  better  than  three  minutes. 
The  race  was  made  with  competent  judges  at 
the  start  and  finish,  with  two  men  on  running 
horses  accompanying  the  trotter  to  see  that 
he  did  not  indulge  in  breaks  or  try  the  run- 
ning game  himself.  A  good  deal  of  money 
was  wagered  on  this  first  great  trotting  race 
near  Boston  where  time  was  vanquished. 

Mr.  Palmer  and  his  brother-in-law  won 
more  than  $800,  and  the  Jockey  Club  gave 
the  $1,000,  as  they  had  agreed.  The  time 
of  the  mile  was  2m.  57s. 

In  1853  Mr.  Palmer  visited  Hall  C.  Bur- 
leigh at  his  home  in  Vassalboro  and  related 
the  story  as  it  now  appears.  There  is  no 
doubt  as  to  its  authenticity,  nor  was  the  time 
considered  fast  by  Mr.  Palmer,  who  related 
that  there  were  other  horses  in  his  vicinity, 
near  Waterville,  as  fast  or  faster  than  the 
horse  who  was  the  first  to  demonstrate  that  a 
mile  in  three  minutes  was  easv. 


Shying  in   Horses  and  the  Best   Way 

to  Remedy  Fault 


(By  Trainer) 


IT  is  a  widely  held  opinion  that  defective 
eyesight  is  a  very  common  cause  of  shy- 
ing in  horses,  but  as  a  matter  of  fact, 
such  is  by  no  means  the  case.  Unques- 
tionably defective  vision  not  infre- 
quently accounts  for  a  horse  being  a  shyer, 
yet  it  is  nothing  like  so  frequently  a  cause  of 
shying  as  it  is  generally  held  to  be. 

The  principal  and  most  usual  cause  of  the 
habit  of  shying  in  horses  is  nervousness  or 
fear,  the  horse  shying  at  some  object  or  other 
because  it  is  afraid  of  it,  even  though  it  can 
plainly  see  it.  Habitual  shyers  are  usually 
either  of  a  highly  strung  or  nervous  tempera- 
ment, such  as  is  commonly  met  with  in  well- 
bred  horses,  or  they  are  of  a  very  timid  dis- 
position. 

It  is,  of  course,  well  known  to  horsemen  that 
by  far  the  largest  proportion  of  shyers  are 
mares.  The  habit  of  shying  is  nothing  like 
so  often  met  with  in  geldings  as  it  is  amongst 
mares,  and  entire  horses  are  but  very  rarely 
given  to  shying.  The  reason  why  this  is  so  is 
obvious  when  it  is  remembered  that  most  usu- 
ally the  cause  of  shying  is  nervousness  or  fear. 
Mares  are  as  a  rule  of  more  excitable  or  nerv- 
ous temperament,  and  more  often  of  a  timid 
disposition  than  geldings,  the  latter  generally 
being  of  a  more  equable  temperament  than  the 
former,  though  there  are  exceptions,  of  course, 
while  entires  are  usually  very  high-couraged. 
Hence  one  does  not  find  an  entire  shying  on 
account  of  nervousness  or  fear,  as  a  rule,  and 
geldings  do  so  much  less  frequently  than 
mares. 

A  great  many — in  fact,  it  may  be  said,  most 
— young  horses  are  more  or  less  given  to  shy- 
ing when  they  are  first  put  to  work,  owing  to 
their  being  unfamiliar  with  many  objects  they 
see,  and  consequently  afraid  of  them.  When 
they  are  taken  up  to  be  broken  in,  youn; 
horses,  moreover,  are  very  commonly  inclined 
to  be  somewhat  nervous  at  first,  and  this  nat- 
urally renders  them  very  liable  to  shy  on  the 
slightest  provocation;  but  as  a  rule  they  cease 
the  habit  of  shying  as  soon  as  they  be- 
come accustomed  to  the  sights  of  the  road, 
and  lose  their  erstwhile  greenness  and  nerv- 
ousness. Hence  the  fact  that  a  raw  and  un- 
made young  horse  shies  very  easily  and  fre- 
quently is  a  matter  of  no  importance,  and  no 


notice  need  be  taken  of  it,   seeing  that  it  is 
only  natural  it  should   do  so  in  view  of   i 
greenness,  and  that  in  all  probability  the  habit 
will  pretty  soon  cease  of  its  own  accord  whe 
once  the  young  animal's  natural  nervousness 
and  greenness  wear  off. 

Sometimes,  however,  this  habit  of  shying  at 
unfamiliar  or  strange  objects  from  pure  nerv- 
ousness or  fear — which  is  so  general  among 
young,  unmade  horses  when  they  are  being 
iDroken  in — persists  long  after  the  young 
horse's  education  has  been  completed,  and 
proves  itself  to  be  quite  incurable,  it  often- 
times, indeed,  gradually  becoming  worse  in 
such  cases.  Here  we  have  the  confirmed, 
shyer  which  nothing  will  cure.  The  habit,  how- 
ever aggravating  it  is,  is  the  horse's  misfor- 
tune, not  its  fault,  seeing  that  it  is  the  result 
of  a  highly  nervous  temperament,  or  of  a  too 
timid  disposition ;  hence  it  should  be  kindly 
and  patiently  dealt  with. 

In  some  fortunate  case  it  may  be  possible 
to  cure  it  by  dint  of  careful  management  and 
patience  before  it  gets  too  firmly  rooted,  but 
more  generally  it  is  impossible  to  effect  a  com- 
plete cure  when  the  shying  persists  after  the 
horse  has  been  thoroughly  trained  and  become 
fully  used  to  the  road;  and  mostly  it  is  in 
these  circumstances  a  case  of  "once  a  shyer, 
always  a  shyer." 

When  once  the  habit  of  shying  has  become 
firmly  established,  and  when  it  is  due  to  nerv- 
ousness, the  chances  are  much  against  the 
horse  ever  being  broken  of  it.  It  may,  per- 
haps, be  improved,  if  the  horse  is  in  the  hands 
of  a  careful  and  patient  rider  or  driver,  who 
knows  how  to  deal  with  it,  and  takes  the 
trouble  to  do  so.  At  best,  however,  one  must 
always  be  on  the  qui  vive  with  such  shyers,, 
and  one  is  never  safe  with  them,  while  in 
many  cases  the  habit  is,  or  becomes,  so  bad 
that  the  animal  afflicted  with  it  is  a  wholly 
unsafe  conveyance,  and  not  fit  to  be  in  a  pri- 
vate stable. 

There  is  no  doubt  about  it  that  in  a  good 
many  cases  horses  which  shy  on  account  of 
nervousness  are  rendered  worse  in  this  re- 
spect by  improper  or  injudicious  treatment ; 
in  fact,  the  habit  is  often  established  in  young- 
horses  solely  in  consequence  of  gross  misman- 
agement.   It  is  but  too  common  a  thing  for 


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the  rider  or  driver  of  a  young  liorse  to  force 
it  past  an  object  at  which  it  is  shying  by  the 
infliction  of  pimishment  with  whip  or  spur, 
and  by  jabbing  it  in  the  mouth.  Nothing  could 
be  worse  than  to  do  this.  After  this  wron;? 
headed  practice  has  been  repeated  a  couple  of 
times  the  young  horse  (horses  have  excellent 
memories,  especially  for  disagreeable  things) 
learns  to  remember  that  it  is  punished  on 
shying,  and  thus  whenever  it  shies  it  expects 
punishment  to  follow  immediately,  which  nat- 
urally greatly  increases  its  fears,  and  causes 
it  to  swerve  all  the  more  badly,  or  to  attempt 
to  run  away.  The  fear  of  punishment,  more- 
over, renders  the  animal  much  more  inclined 
to  shy,  as  in  these  circumstances  it  does  not 
shy  at  an  object  so  much  as  at  the  punishment 
which  it  expects  to  follow.  It  does  not  take 
long  to  convert  a  young  horse  of  a  nervous 
temperament,  and  which  is  by  nature  inclined 
to  shy  somewhat  easily,  into  a  confirmed  and 
incurable  shyer  by  such  senseless  treatment. 

The  proper  way  to  manage  a  young  horse 
when  it  shies  is  to  treat  it  kindly  and  with 
patience.  On  no  account  must  it  be  punished 
in  any  way  for  shying.  Its  fear  or  nervous- 
ness should  be  allayed  by  speaking  quietly  to 
the  animal,  by  patting  it  on  the  neck,  etc. — 
in  brief,  by  cajoling  it,  as  it  were — that  will 
readily  calm  it.  If  it  objects  to  go  past  an 
object  on  account  of  its  being  afraid  of  it,  it 
should  be  coaxed,  in  order  to  induce  it  to  pass 


the  same.  It  is  quite  wrong  to  force  it  to 
pass  the  object  by  means  of  punishment.  It 
is  a  good  plan  to  allow  a  young  horse  to  have 
a  good  look  at  any  object  for  which  it  evinces 
much  fear,  it  being  coaxed  to  go  close  to  it 
and  to  smell  at  it,  so  that  the  animal  may  con- 
vince itself  that  it  is  harmless  and  that  its 
fears  are  groundless.  If  this  is  done,  the 
horse  will  probably  take  but  little  or  no  no- 
tice of  the  same  object  next  time  it  passes  or 
encounters  it.  It  is  easy  enough,  as  a  rule, 
to  overcome  and  eradicate  the  propensity  U 
shy  which  arises  from  greenness  and  nervous- 
ness in  a  young,  unmade  horse,  by  power  and 
patient  management. 

Not  infrequently  horses  are  addicted  to  the 
habit  of  shying  or  swerving  at  certain  objects 
merely  as  the  result  of  light-heartedness,  or 
of  an  excess  of  high  spirits,  due  to  their  being 
very  fresh  or  under-worked  and  full  of  oats. 
In  such  cases  a  horse  will  shy  at  objects  with 
which  it  is  quite  familiar,  and  of  which  it 
ordinarily  takes  no  notice  whatever,  and  very 
often,  in  addition  to  shying  or  swerving,  the 
animal  bucks  or  kicks  up  its  heels  at  the  same 
time,  when  it  is  being  ridden.  This  mischiev- 
ous or  playful — though  often  very  awkward 
and  annoying  —  kind  of  shying,  which  is 
caused  by  an  exuberance  of  spirits,  is  prac- 
ticed only  while  the  horse  remains  fresh,  and 
ceases  as  soon  as  the  animal  settles  down  to 
its  work  and  has  expended  its  superfluous 
energy. 


Amateur  Racing  Creates  Big  Demand 
for  Our  Outclassed  Trotters 


FOREMOST  in  the  promotion  of 
amateur  racing  in  this  country  is 
Harry  K.  Devereux,  of  Cleveland. 
He  is  therefore  a  very  capable  man 
to  quote  when  expressing  his  views 
of  the  value  of  the  amateurs  to  trotting  in- 
terests. Just  where  the  amateur  and  the 
speedway  stand  today  in  the  sporting  world 
was  vividly  stated  by  Mr.  Devereux  in  the 
Horse  Breeder,  as  follows : 

"Perhaps  the  most  serious  thing  that  con- 
fronts our  breeding  interests  is  the  lack  of 
demand  for  the  outclassed  racer  and  the 
animal  not  desired  or  fitted  for  breeding  pur- 
poses. This  condition,  born  of  the  grow  ' 
in  the  use  of  the  automobile,  has  become 
apparent  to  all.  The  difference  in  the  value 
of  such  horses  and  those  desired  for  racing 
or  breeding   has  become   so   great   that   the 


breeder  must  become  discouraged,  for  com- 
paratively few  of  his  produce  can  hope  for  a 
remunerative  market.  And  what  will  the 
result  be? 

"It  does  not  seem  probable  that  we  will 
ever  go  back  to  driving  on  the  road,  which 
gave  a  good  market  for  the  cheaper  horse. 
Then,  will  we  have  enough  trotters  bred  to 
support  our  tracks,  or  will  some  other  use 
for  the  cheaper  horse  appear  that  will  again 
encourage  the  large  extension  of  breeding  in- 
terests? 

"If  such  a  thing  comes  to  pass,  I  cannot 
imagine  what  it  may  be,  tmless  it  were  the 
larger  development  of  matinee  clubs  and 
speedways.  From  them  alone  now  comes 
the  demand  for  our  outclassed  trotters,  or 
those  not  fitted  for  breeding,  and,  while 
there  are  a  large  number  of  such  clubs  and 


l82 


The   Driving   Clubs   of   Greater   Boston 


speedways  in  the  country,  their  demands  for 
material  covers  only  a  very  small  part  of  the 
material  at  hand.  It  then  certainly  behooves 
every  breeder,  horseman  or  horse  lover  to 
encourage,  in  every  way  possible,  the  growth 
and  extension  of  this  manner  of  sport. 

"It  is  a  sport  of  comparatively  recent 
development,  and,  at  the  outset,  met  with  but 
little  encouragement  from  our  horse  in- 
terests, and  many  rebuffs.  It  would  seem 
that  it  might  be  susceptible  of  development 
if  pushed  a  little,  for  it  has  thrived  and  grown 
with  little  of  that.  It's  a  strange  man  that 
does  not  love  a  horse,  and  the  majority  oi 
men,  who  have  the  price,  would  love  the 
ownership  of  one  or  more,  could  they  find 
use  for  them. 

"One  of  our  horse  papers,  in  19 12,  criti- 
cised the  management  of  the  Lexington 
(Ky.)  meeting,  because  they  saw  fit,  as  ex- 
pressed, 'To  cater  to  the  amateurs,'  and,  fur- 
ther, they  had  the  nerve  to  say  that  it  was 
this  method  which  killed  the  Memphis 
Trotting  Association.  The  fact  is  that  one 
of  these  amateurs  they  saw  fit  to  fire  at 
built  the  Memphis  track  and  paid  each  year 
a  large  loss  there  in  endeavoring  to  make  a 
trotting  meeting  popular  in  that  hotbed  of 
running  horse  people.  He  probably  spent 
more  in  this  venture  and  generous  act  to  en- 
courage the  trotting  game  than  was  evei 
spent  by  one  man  before. 

"It  is  easy  to  recall  the  unpleasant  and  un- 
kind things  said  of  the  amateur  and  his 
actions  by  some  of  our  turf  papers  a  few 
years  ago,  when  matinee  racing,  as  it  is 
called,  was  first  inaugurated.  The  formation 
of  the  League  of  Amateur  Driving  Clubs 
was  severely  criticised,  its  members  were 
held  up  to  ridicule  and  matinee  racing 
laughed  at,  while  the  horsemen  themselves 
waxed  hot  and  wrathful  when  any  associa- 
tion permitted  a  wagon  or  amateur  race  to 
be  held  during  its  meeting. 

"To  me,  it  always  seemed  that  antagonism 
to  this  sport  (amateur  racing)  was  a  blow 
always  at  the  goose  that  lays  the  golden 
egg.  AVho  puts  up  the  money  to  build 
tracks,  to  train  horses,  to  campaign  them,  to 
buy  horses  and  to  drive?  Who,  but  the 
amateur !  And,  if  you  can  add  to  his  number 
by  encouraging  him  to  drive,  does  that  not 
help  all  around? 

"Fourteen  years  ago  the  Gentlemen's 
Driving  Club  of  Boston,  in  order  to  stimulate 
the  interest  in  amateur  driving,  offered  a 
valuable  trophy,  with  open  competition,  the 
only  stipulation  being  that  the  contestants 
must  be  trotters,  driven  to  wagon  by  ama- 
teurs.   Competition  for  this  cup  caused  much 


interest,  and  it  is  conservative  to  say  that 
over  $100,000  was  spent  by  the  amateurs  foi 
horses  to  race  for  it. 

"Previous  to  this  the  amateur  clubs  had 
been  conducting  their  matinees,  at  which  no- 
gate  admission  was  charged,  and  while 
efforts  had  been  made  to  get  the  National 
Trotting  Association  to  recognize  them  and 
distinguish  the  difference  between  profes- 
sional and  amateur,  and  between  technical 
records  and  amateur  records,  it  was 
with  no  success,  but,  instead,  there  was  an 
understanding  that  these  matinees  were  not 
regular  meetings  and  no  records  could 
attach  to  the  horses  winning  the  cups  and 
rilibons. 

"At  the  first  contest  for  the  Boston  Cup, 
the  winner  trotted  one  heat  in  2:10,  which 
was  faster  than  the  then  existinp-  wao'on 
record. 

"I  immediately  began  a  discussion  as  to 
whether  this  horse  had  not  acquired  a  tech- 
nical record  in  winning  this  cup  for  the  club 
he  represented.  The  argument  waxed  warm^ 
and  the  majority  of  the  turf  papers  took  the 
side  that  the  horse  should  be  penalized  with 
a  record.  So  hot  grew  the  debate,  that  it 
became  personal.  The  amateurs  were 
accused  of  being  undesirable  members,  of 
playing  the  game  unfairly  and,  altogether,, 
they  were  roundly  flailed.  Some  of  the 
articles  written  on  this  subject  would  make 
funny  reading  now. 

"The  outcome  of  this  controversy  was  a 
decision  on  the  part  of  the  National  Trotting- 
Association  to  the  effect  that  the  horse  had 
acquired  a  record  for  winning  a  race,  by 
their  rules,  at  what  was  not  a  public  meeting 
and  for  winning  nothing.  This  was  a  bomb 
in  the  amateurs'  camp,  as  it  put  all  previous 
winners  in  races  of  this  kind  in  a  position  to- 
be  protested,  and  was  a  serious  blow  to  fur- 
ther racing  of  this  character. 

"A  fight  then  began  between  the  amateurs 
and  the  National  Trotting  Association, 
which,  after  much  feeling  on  both  sides,  re- 
sulted in  the  National  and  American  Associa- 
tions both  enacting  legislation  favorable  to- 
the  amateur.  Since  then  he  has  thrived,  and 
there  is  a  matinee  club  in  most  all  towns  that 
have  a  track. 

"Calm  deliberation  will  prove  the  benefit 
this  has  been  to  our  trotting  horse  interests, 
and  to  encourage  and  foster  their  further 
growth  will  help,  in  a  large  measure,  to  solve 
the  problem  put  vtp  to  our  breeders  and 
horsemen  through  the  remarkable  achieve- 
ments of  the  pushing  and  ever  zealous, 
though  not  always  truthful,  automobile 
manufacturer  and  salesman." 


Pete  Supposed   to  Have  a  Cinch  but 
Buck  Dickerson  Won  the  Race 


(By  J.  B.) 


THE  late  John  Hood,  who  had  a  wide 
circle  of  close  friends  throughout 
New  England,  was  one  of  the  first 
members  of  the  Dorchester  Driv- 
ing Club.  Long  before  the  days 
of  this  club,  however,  Mr.  Hood  owned  the 
boss  of  the  snowpath  on  River  Street,  the 
speeding  ground  for  residents  of  Hyde  Park, 
Milton,  Dorchester,  Ouincy,  Atlantic,  etc.,  in 
the  trotting  gelding  Bob.  While  without  a 
known  record,  yet  Bob  held  all  comers  for  sev- 
eral Winters.  Trotters  with  marks  right  at 
2 :20,  and  it  was  the  day  of  the  high  wheel, 
were  brought  to  the  snow  course  to  take  the 
measure  of  Bob,  but  the  efforts  always  proved 
fruitless. 

Likely  the  most  satisfaction  Mr.  Hood  ever 
had  was  with  the  pacing  gelding  Buck  Dick- 
erson, 2  :25  1-2,  a  Grand  Circuit  star  in  the 
eighties.  He  purchased  him  in  the  fall  of 
1889.  That  season  on  the  snow,  for  some  rea- 
son. Buck  was  a  huge  failure,  not  being  able 
to  make  even  a  presentable  display  of  speed. 

The  following  Spring  so  much  talk  was 
made  about  Mr.  Hood  being  gulled  in  buying 
the  pacer  that  finally  it  led  to  a  match  over  the 
Readville  track,  then  a  twice-around,  known 
as  Norfolk  Trotting  Park,  with  a  trotting 
gelding  named  Pete,  but  afterward  found  out 
to  be  Peter,  2  :28.  A  Dr.  Stuart  dug  up  this 
Pete,  or  Peter,  and,  letting  a  few  in  on  the 
secret,  made  the  match  with  Mr.  Hood  for 
$400  a  side,  play  or  pay. 

So  great  was  the  interest  that  on  the  day  of 
the  race,  September  2,  a  crowd  of  2,000  paid 
admission  at  the  gate.  Henry  Nay,  then  lessee  , 
of  Readville,  had  leased  the  track  for  the  oc- 
casion, receiving  $50,  and  the  agreement  was 
that  the  track  receipts  went  to  the  victor.  Mr. 
Nay,  finding  out  who  Pete  was,  wagered  what 
he  received  for  the  track  on  that  gelding  to 
win.  James  Wilde,  of  Quincy,  was  starting 
judge.  Just  before  the  first  heat  a  pool  of 
$400  more  was  raised  to  back  Peter  and  flung 
at  Mr.  Hood.  He  was  game,  and  came  back, 
and  the  $800  was  placed  in  Mr.  Wilde's  hands. 
Outside  of  this  Mr.  Hood  had  wagered  $600 
against  some  $750  a  few  days  previous  to  the 
race  that  was  posted  in  divers  hands. 

Tames  O'Donnell,  still  a  trainer  at  the  Read- 


ville track,  had  the  mount  back  of  Peter,  while 
Edward  Cogswell  came  over  from  Mystic  to 
drive  Buck  Dickerson  for  Mr.  Hood.  Read- 
ville track  was  very  slow,  being  deep  in  sand, 
causing  the  narrow  steel-tired  wheels  of  the 
high-wheel  sulky  to  sink  in  a  couple  of  inches. 
At  the  word  Peter,  at  the  pole,  went  away  at 
an  awful  clip  under  the  adverse  conditions, 
getting  to  the  quarter  in  34  seconds.  Around 
the  lower  turn  Buck  began  to  close  the  gap, 
and  at  the  half,  in  i  :io,  was  just  on  even 
terms.  Here  Peter  called  enough,  making  so 
bad  a  break  that  when  Buck  Dickerson  jogged 
under  the  wire  in  2  :29  1-2,  Peter  was  some  200 
yards  in  the  rear. 

The  distance  judge,  having  wagered  $25  on 
Peter,  refused  to  drop  the  flag.  After  a  wran- 
gle of  half  an  hour  the  judges  decided  to  let 
him  start  again,  but  that  one  heat  had  taken 
all  that  was  in  the  gelding.  Buck  Dickerson 
winning  handily  the  second  heat  in  the  slow- 
time  of  2  :33.  Dr.  Stuart  drove  Peter  the  third 
heat,  but  was  beaten  away  off  in  2  -.t^/. 

Mr.  Hood  never  tired  of  relating  about  this 
race  and  how  he  was  expected  to  be  on  the 
other  side  of  the  killing.  It  was  well  mapped 
out,  but  Dr.  Stuart  and  his  friends  failed  to 
consider  what  they  were  up  against  in  the 
Dickerson  pacer.  Later  Buck  Dickerson  was 
sold  to  A.  J.  Legg,  of  Dover,  N.  H.,  who 
thought  so  much  of  the  gelding  that,  at  his 
death,  he  left  in  his  will  he  never  be  sold  out 
of  the  familv. 


WAR  COST  $305,000  HORSE  DEAL 

W.  E.  D.  Stokes,  the  New  York  and  Ken- 
tucky horseman,  lost  a  $305,000  trotting  horse 
deal  by  the  war  of  1914.  George  Speaks  was 
captured  in  London  as  a  spy  and  retained  at 
Scotland  Yard.  He  previously  came  to  Amer- 
ica, acting  for  the  Austrian  and  Russian  Gov- 
ernments, and  secured  a  contract  for  forty 
services  of  Peter  the  Great,  fifty  of  Peter 
Donna  and  fifty  of  Peter  Volo  for  $80,000. 

Austrian  and  Russian  Governments  had  op- 
tion for  purchase  of  Peter  the  Great,  2  :o7  1-4; 
Peter  Donna,  2  :o8  1-4 ;  and  Peter  Volo,  a 
three-year-old,  with  a  record  of  2  .-03  1-2,  of 
$225,000,  making  a  total  of  $305,000.  '  War 
prevented  carrying  out  the  contract. 


Robert   Bonner   Made  It   Popular   for 
Gentlemen  to  Own  a  Trotter 


To  no  man  are  the  amateur 
drivers  of  America  so  mucli  in- 
debted as  to  that  grand  gentle- 
man and  prince  of  amateur 
sportsmen,  the  late  Robert  Bon- 
ner. It  was  he  who  made  road  driving  the 
one  all-absorbing  sport  and  popular  pastime 
away  back  in  the  forties,  and  it  was  his  acts 
which  took  that  distinctly  American  product, 
the  trotter,  out  of  the  hands  of  gamblers  and 
elevated  him  to  such  distinction  as  made  him 


ROBERT  BONNER 

sought  after  by  men  of  refinement  and 
wealth. 

Robert  Bonner  paid  what  were,  in  the 
earlier  days,  fabulous  prices  for  trotters,  and 
retired  them  from  the  track  to  comfortable 
quarters  and  his  own  private  use.  The  first 
team  to  trot  a  mile  faster  than  2 :30,  was 
owned  and  driven  by  Mr.  Bonner.  In  1861 
he  hitched  Flatbush  Maid  and  Lady  Palmer 
together,  and  drove  them  a  mile  over  Union 
Course,  Long  Island,  in  2  ■.2'j. 

At  that  time  the  feat  was  of  such  extra- 
ordinary character  as  to  attract  wide  atten- 
tion, and  its  credibility  was  questioned  by 
gentlemen  of  such  character  that  a  doubt 
was  expressed  quite  frequently  as  to  the 
authenticitv  of  the  record. 


Mr.  Bonner  was  a  gentleman  who  kept 
his  own  counsel,  but  later  events  proved  that 
he  was  not  only  annoyed  by  these  reports, 
but  decided  to  prove  to  the  world  conclu- 
sively that  the  time  was  not  only  correct,  but 
that  the  team  was  capable  of  repeating  the 
performance. 

On  May  10,  1862,  Mr.  Bonner  arranged 
with  the  management  of  the  club  at  Fashion 
Course,  Long  Island,  to  start  the  team 
against  their  record  of  2  127,  and  on  that  day, 
in  the  presence  of  a  large  crowd  of  repre- 
sentative gentlemen,  including  a  great  many 
of  those  who  had  doubted  the  previous  per- 
formance, Mr.  Bonner  drove  Flatbush  Maid 
and  Lady  Palmer  a  cleverly  rated  mile  in 
2:26. 

It  is  needless  to  say  that  when  this  mile 
was  finished  and  the  time  was  announced, 
the  applause  which  followed  clearly  demon- 
strated that  all  doubt  regarding  the  ability 
of  this  then  sensational  team  was  removed. 
Three  days  later,  on  May  13,  Mr.  Bonner 
drove  the  same  team  two  miles  in  5:01  1-4, 
the  first  mile  being  in  2  126  1-2. 

Until  the  advent  of  the  pneumatic  sulky, 
after  which  world  records  followed  each 
other  in  such  rapid  succession,  Mr.  Bonner 
became  the  owner  of  almost  every  champion 
trotter.  He  paid  $35,000  for  Dexter, 
2:17  1-4;  $40,000  for  Maud  S.,  2:08  3-4; 
$41,000  for  Sunol,  2:08  1-4;  $20,000  for 
Edward  Everett,  and  gave  $36,000  and 
another  mare  for  Pocahontas,  2 126  3-4. 
Pocahontas  was  a  remarkable  mare,  having 
shown  her  ability  in  1878  to  trot  close  to 
2:20,  to  wagon,  and  in  1880  Mr.  "Allie" 
Bonner,  a  son  of  Robert,  drove  the  mare  a 
full  mile  in  2  :I7  1-2. 

All  of  the  animals  mentioned  as  having 
been  owned  by  Mr.  Bonner  are  now  dead 
Dexter  and  Maud  S.  lie  side  by  side  at  East 
View  Farm,  and  a  monument  bearing  an 
appropriate  inscription  has  been  erected  to 
their  memor}'. 

The  efforts  of  Mr.  Bonner  resulted  in 
bringing  into  active  participation  in  ro;id 
driving,  that  famous  general  and  President 
of  the^ United  States,  U.  S.  Grant:  Wni.  H. 
Vanderbilt,  Frank  Work,  Shepard  Knapp,  D, 
S.  Hammond  and  many  other  gentlemen  of 
that  character,  who  became  known  through- 
out the  world  as  members  of  the  "Sealskin 
Driving  Brigade"  of  New  York. 


Radical  Changes  in  Care  of  Race 
Horses  in  Past  Ten  Years 


H 


■  ORSES  nowadays  race  in  much 
higher  flesh  than  they  did  years 
ago,  due  largely  to  the  fact  that 
they  are  not  sweated  with  heavy 
clothes,"  writes  an  old-time 
horseman.  "The  old  idea  seemed  to  be  that 
horses  must  be  'drawn  fine'  in  order  to  race  in 
their  best  form,  and  in  the  process  of  'draw- 
ing' them  the  muzzle  played  a  star  part.  On 
race  days  horses  were  always  muzzled  and 
many  trainers  also  used  these  feed  preventers 
on  their  steeds  half  the  time.  We  now  allow 
the  horses  to  eat  practically  all  the  hay  they 
care  for,  but  I  can  remember  when  it  was 
rationed  off  carefully  —  sometimes  weighed. 
Hoods  are  very  rarely  used  now,  but  formerly 
they  were  about  the  most  important  article  in 
a  racer's  kit.  I  have  seen  caretakers  get  a 
hard  call-down  ■  when  they  peeled  the  hood 
back  enough  to  use  the  scraper  on  a  horse's 
neck,  it  being  the  custom  to  scrape  under  the 
hood. 

"It  was  not  an  unusual  thing  to  get  instruc- 
tions to  jog  the  horse  you  were  caring  for  five 
or  six  miles  after  a  hard  race  in  the  'good  old 
days.'  I  suppose  this  was  done  in  order  to 
cool  the  steed  out  gradually.  It  was  a  shame 
to  see  horses  piled  with  blankets  and  the  sweat 
running  off  them  in  streams,  when  we  were 
cooling  them  out  after  a  race.  They  would 
pant  and  show  every  sign  of  distress,  but  it 
was  'the  way  to  do  things'  at  that  time,  and 
of  course  no  one  figured  that  it  was  a  bad  one 
for  the  horses. 

"Soaking  tubs  have  largely  followed  sweat 
blankets  into  the  scrap  heap,  but  it  took  years 
to  discover  that  their  use  was  injurious  to  the 
feet.  Constant  soaking,  often  in  very  warm 
water,  softened  the  horn  of  the  feet,  and,  if  a 
horse  had  corns  or  thrush,  the  water  aggra- 
vated instead  of  helped  the  troubles.  We  used 
to  poultice  feet  with  turnips  and  bran,  and 
while  this  treatment  may  have  had  some  vir- 
tue, clay,  as  used  nowadays,  is  probably  of 
more  benefit.  Always  after  a  hard  race  a 
horse's  shoes  were  removed,  and  when  reset 
the  nails  were  put  back  in  the  old  holes. 

"The  gait  of  trotters  has  changed  radically 
during  the  past  thirty  years,  and,  for  that  mat- 
ter, is  constantly  improving  as  the  horses  be- 
come better  bred.  All  the  old  trotters  used  to 
break,  in  fact,  their  trainers  taught  them  to  be 


shifty  and  easily  caught  after  a  tumble.  There 
were  very  few  pure  gaited  ones,  too,  most  oi 
them  having  a  hitch  in  their  motion,  resulting, 
no  doubt,  from  the  fact  that  they  were  more 
inclined  to  scalp  and  speedy-cut  than  the  mod- 
ern type.  We  didn't  know  what  square  toes 
were,  and  that  method  of  balancing  alone 
would  have  been  a  big  help  to  our  faulty 
gaited  ones,  had  we  known  of  it. 

"Monroe  Salisbury  was  the  first  trainer  I 
saw  who  appreciated  the  fact  that  excessive 
jogging  dulled  a  horse's  speed;  two  or  three 
miles  was  as  much  as  he  permitted  his  horses 
to  be  jogged,  and  he  always  ordered  the  boys 
to  step  them  along  and  not  keep  them  out  jog- 
ging at  a  snail's  pace. 

"Another  great  feature  of  change  is  the  fact 
that  drivers  do  not  take  hold  of  their  horses 
as  they  did  in  the  long  ago.  Light  hands  came 
into  vogue  with  such  trainers  as  Mace,  the 
Goldsmiths,  and  Splan.  We  used  to  see  big, 
powerful  drivers  leaning  back,  the  lines  wrap- 
ped around  their  wrists,  pulling  with  all  their 
might.  Of  course  there  were  exceptions,  but 
nearly  all  the  old-time  teamsters  were  very 
strong  in  their  arms.  If  our  finely  balanced 
trotters  of  the  present  were  driven  in  the  old 
'strong  arm'  fashion,  many  of  them  would  be 
pronounced  quitters ;  also  they  would  soon  go 
bad  gaited  as  a  result  of  being  doubled  up. 

"As  I  stated  in  the  beginning  of  this  story, 
vast  improvement  has  been  made  in  all  de- 
partments of  horse  training  and  care,  but 
there  is  one  feature  that,  in  my  opinion,  has 
not  been  improved  upon.  This  is  the  care  of 
the  racers'  legs.  The  boys  nowadays  sop  some 
strong  wash  on  the  legs  of  their  horses  and, 
after  hitting  them  a  few  licks  with  their 
hands,  wrap  a  fold  of  cotton  around  them, 
slap  on  a  bandage,  and  let  it  go  at  that.  I 
still  follow  the  old  plan  of  hand-rubbing  the 
legs  several  times  during  the  day,  also  at  night 
and  early  in  the  morning.  To  massage  legs 
properly  they  must  be  kept  damp  with  a 
sponge  and  the  rubbing  must  be  done  gently. 

"It  is  not  well  to  rub  too  hard  or  take  hold 
of  the  tendons  too  tightly.  If  you  rub  the  leg 
till  it  is  perfectly  dry  and  then  keep  up  your 
treatment,  it  will  heat,  thus  causing  fever.  Be 
sure  to  keep  it  wet  and  don't  be  afraid  that 
you  will  do  too  much  hard  work  in  this  line — ■ 


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there  is  no  danger  of  the  average  boy  over- 
exerting himself,  however. 

"At  present  strong,  irritating  liniments  are 
used  on  legs,  and  I  regard  the  method  as  very 
harmful.  Also,  I  think  bandages  are  made 
too  much  use  of,  especially  those  underlaid 
with  cotton.  When  you  see  the  hair  ridged  and 
crimped  like  a  fluting  iron,  you  can  put  it 
down  that  the  blood  has  congested  in  the  skin, 
and  that  is  certainly  bad.  Years  ago  the  only 
wash  we  used  was  home  made.  I  always  use 
a  combination  of  Medford  rum  and  witch 
hazel  when  I  can  get  it,  diluting  it  so  as  to 
make  it  about  one-quarter  strength." 


PACER,    IN   OUTLANDISH   RIG, 
WINNER  OF  RACE 

A  follower  of  the  race  track  is  apt  to  see 
many  funny  happenings,  but  the  limit  was  at 
the  opening  of  the  St.  Albans,  Vt.,  track. 

This  occurred  in  August,  1897,  and,  as  the 
management  of  the  newly  constructed  half- 
mile  course  had  well  advertised  the  first  meet- 
ing, the  attendance  ran  into  thousands  each 
day,  packing  the  grandstand  to  the  top. 

On  the  second  day  of  the  meeting  the  initial 
race  on  the  card  was  for  pacers  eligible  to  the 
2  :29  class,  in  which  nine  horses  were  entered 
to  take  the  word. 

For  an  hour  previous  to  the  calling  of  the 
horses  the  early  and  rapidly  increasing  crowd 
had  been  having  plenty  of  sport  with  a  French- 
Canadian,  who  was  contentedly  jogging  around 
and  around  the  course  a  fat-looking  mare  in 
about  the  oddest  appearing  rig  ever  seen  at 
the  races. 

The  harness  had  evidently  been  in  use  many 
a  year,  and  was  gray  from  the  lack  of  clean- 
ing, while  both  of  the  blinkers  and  the  saddle 
were  in  strips  from  constant  wear.  The  water- 
hook,  too,  was  gone,  and  the  check  rein  was 
held  in  place  by  a  roll  of  white  tvifine.  The 
harness  was  a  thing  of  beauty  compared  to 
the  sulky.  It  was  a  home-made  affair  and 
never  painted.  The  shafts  were  straight  from 
the  axle,  on  top  of  which  was  a  soap  box  for 
the  seat,  so  arranged  that  the  lettering  showed 
from  the  rear.  A  set  of  bicycle  wheels  were 
held  in  position  by  two  pieces  of  scantlings, 
sawed  off  at  the  proper  length. 

The  Canadian  wore  an  old  slouch  hat,  over- 
alls and  jumper.  The  overalls  were  tucked 
in  a  pair  of  long  top  boots. 

The  crowd  devoted  the  spare  time  before  the 
calling  of  the  races  in  hooting  and  jeering  the 
outfit.  Cries  of  "Start  her  up,  Pierre !"  "Show 
us  some  speed !"  "What  will  you  take  for  the 
whole  show?"  etc.,  were  railed  at  the  Cana- 
dian from  all  parts  of  the  grandstand. 

The  judges,  too,  enjoyed  the  sport  till  the 


horses  came  on  the  track  for  the  first  heat  01 
the  afternoon,  and  then  they  yelled  to  the  mart 
to  get  off  the  track  with  his  mare,  but  it  was 
soon  evident  that  the  English  language  was  a 
mystery  to  him,  and  there  was  nobody  around 
that  could  talk  French.  Finally  the  marshaL 
of  the  track  rode  up  to  the  mare  on  horseback 
and  led  the  mare  off  the  track  by  the  bridle. 

No  sooner  had  he  been  put  off  the  track  than 
around  the  grandstand  he  jogged  the  mare  and 
re-entered  the  track  at  the  other  entrance.  As 
can  be  imagined,  the  entire  crowd  was  now  in 
an  uproar  at  the  proceeding.  The  marshal  in 
no  gentle  manner  run  his  saddle  horse  around 
the  track,  and  grabbing  the  mare  once  more 
by  the  bridle  led  her  off  the  course  in  quick 
order. 

The  2 :29  class  pacers  had  scored  several 
times  when  another  crazy  acting  Frenchman 
rushed  into  the  judges'  stand.  This  one  could 
talk  broken  English.  Then  the  judges  told  the 
drivers  in  the  stretch  to  blanket  their  horses. 

In  a  few  minutes,  to  the  amazement  of  all, 
who  should  appear  on  the  track  but  the  orig- 
inal Frenchman  and  his  mare.  It  seems  that 
he  had  been  entered  in  the  race  all  of  the  time, 
and  the  name  of  his  mare  was  Paucette,  while 
his  own  was  A.  Tetreault,  from  some  place 
near  to  Montreal. 

But  the  crowd  had  still  another  surprise 
coming,  as  after  losing  a  couple  of  heats  Pau- 
cette took  the  third,  and  when  the  Frenchman 
returned  to  the  wire  the  cheering  could  be 
heard  for  miles,  judging  by  the  volume  of 
sound  that  belched  forth  from  the  grandstand. 

A  heavy  shower  then  descended  and  the 
racing  was  postponed  until  the  next  day,  when 
the  French  mare  won  the  two  heats  necessary 
to  head  the  summary.  In  some  quarters  it 
was  thought  the  makeup  was  on  account  of  the 
mare  being  a  ringer,  which  caused  an  investi- 
gation, but  it  resulted  in  finding  that  every- 
thing was  straight. 


TROTTER,  THEABBOTT,  2:03  1-4 

CARVED  ON  SCANNELL 

MONUMENT 

In  Calvary  Cemetery,  New  York,  was- 
erected  in  1914  a  tall,  striking  monument  to- 
the  memory  of  Florence  Scannell — the  hand- 
some, daring,  young  Tammany  "Florrie"  of 
almost  half  a  century  ago,  who  was  shot  to 
death  in  a  political  row  in  December,  1869. 

His  brother,  John  J.  Scannell,  long-time  fire 
commissioner  of  New  York,  boyhood  friend 
of  Richard  Croker,  and  still  a  Tammany  sa- 
chem despite  his  years,  placed  the  tribute  in 
Calvary.  John  was  present  when  "Florrie"' 
was  murdered.  John,  some  three  years  later, 
shot  to  death  the  man  who  was  supposed  to 
be  his  brother's  slaver — Thomas  Donohue. 


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The  avenger  was  tried  twice  for  murder. 
The  first  time  the  jury  disagreed;  the  second 
time  he  was  acquitted  on  the  ground  of  in- 
sanity, but  was  released  after  a  brief  stay  in 
an  asylum,  from  which  he  emerged  to  gather 
political  honors  and  wealth. 

It  is  entirely  of  granite,  this  monument. 
Atop  is  a  life-sized  figure  of  Florence  Scan- 
nell  as  he  was  wheh  he  was  shot  down,  in  his 
twenties — a  tall,  smooth-faced  young  man  in 
a  frock  coat,  without  a  hat,  holding  open  with 
one  hand  the  pages  of  a  book,  presumably  a 
prayer  book. 

On  one  face  of  the  six-foot  square  base  is 
his  name,  with  the  dates  of  his  birth  and 
death.  On  another  face  is  a  blank  space  left 
open  for  the  record  of  John  J.  Scannell. 

On  the  other  two  sides  are  curious  cai-vings. 
One  shows  John  J.  Scannell  at  home  with  his 
family.  He  is  sitting  at  a  table  with  his  wife, 
his  mother  and  his  young  children,  reading 
from  a  book  to  them.  This  is  supposed  to  be 
a  typical  Scannell  home  scene. 

The  remaining  face  of  the  base  shows  a 
famous  trotting  horse — The  Abbott — which 
John  J.  Scannell  once  owned  and  which  was 
the  dearest  possession  of  his  life,  rivaled  only 
by  his  famous  house  in  Saratoga  when  that 
resort  was  in  its  heyday,  which  was  known  as 
the  Chateau  Ophelia. 

On  the  monument  the  horse  is  shown  in  a 
meadow,  with  a  barn  in  the  distance  and  a  run- 
ning brook  in  the  foreground.  It  is  an  ex- 
tremely unusual  decoration  for  a  tombstone, 
but  so  great  was  John  J.  Scannell's  affection 
for  his  trotter  that  he  insisted  The  Abbott's 
portrait  in  stone  should  be  along  with  his  own 
(vet  to  come)   and  his  brother's. 


HE  MADE  TWO  MEN  SPEAK 

One  of  the  best  known  characters  in 
former  years  of  the  Eastern  tracks  was  a 
chocolate  colored  individual  known  to  all  as 
"Senator"  Bennett.  He  hailed  from  the 
State  of  A^'irginia,  but  at  one  time  and  an- 
other has  visited  all  of  the  prominent  track.-- 
in  the  country.  One  evening  he  dropped 
into  a  popular  turf  resort  in  Boston,  and  was 
telling  what  hard  luck  he  had  had  that  year 
with  the  ponies.  "Why,"  declared  he,  "it 
almost  equals  the  season  that  I  took  out  a 
negro  friend  of  mine  and  we  never  turned  a 
winning  trick."  Several  at  once  asked  for 
the  truth  of  the  occurrence. 

"Well,"  said  the  "Senator,"  "I'll  tell  you 
how  it  happened.  This  friend  of  mine  came 
into  a  fortune  of  $ioo,oco  through  the  death 
of  his  father.  He  was  deaf  and  dumb,  yet  I 
had  been  with  him  so  much  that  I  could 
work  the  finger  language  like  an  old  veteran. 
So   I  fingered  out   to  him   that  the  way  to 


douljle  his  money  was  to  go  with  me  and 
play  the  races.  He  agreed.  We  had  one 
continual  streak  of  hard  luck  from  the  start. 
Finally,  I  heard  of  a  good  thing  that  was 
l;ooked  to  come  ofif  at  a  track  some  500  miles 
away,  and  we  went  to  get  some  of  the  coin. 
1  got  him  to  draw  $20,000  from  the  bank. 
We  played  it  all  on  the  race  and  lost.  That 
night  we  had  a  room  with  two  beds  in  it, 
and  what  was  my  amazement  along  in  the 
night  to  be  aroused  by  my  friend  shaking 
me,  and  as  I  sat  up  he  said:  'This  is  too  darn 
tough  for  me;  I'm  going  to  quit  both  you 
and  the  horses.'     I  had  made  him  speak  !" 

All  present  let  a  roar  of  laughter  out  as 
the  "Senator"  finished,  and  the  proprietor  of 
the  place  was  so  amused  that  he  turned  to 
the  group  and  said:  "Boys,  I'll  buy  on  that 
story." 

"There,"  quickly  remarked  the  "Senator," 
"now  I've  made  another  man  speak,  too." 


FRANK  HOWE  KIDS   ENGLISH- 
MAN 

Murray  Howe,  at  one  time  secretary  of 
the  Memphis  race  track,  had  a  brother 
Frank,  who  was  noted  as  a  practical  joker. 
Murray  tells  a  story  about  his  playful 
brother.  Seated  with  a  group  of  horsemen 
was  an  Englishman  named  Lake.  He  was 
a  person  of  wealth  and  had  been  entertaining 
the  party  with  accounts  of  his  hunting  trips 
in  the  Indian  jungles,  shooting  tigers,  etc. 
Frank  stood  it  for  some  time,  and  then 
broke  in,  addressing  his  conversation  to  the 
hero  of  the  tiger  episodes,  as  follows : 

"Your  experiences  in  the  jungles  have  in- 
terested me  greatly,  and  I  hope  that  before 
you  return  home  you  will  find  it  possible 
to  accompany  me  on  what  I'm  sure  you  will 
find  the  most  novel  hunt  of  your  life.  I'll 
take  you  to  the  Indian  Territory  and  give 
you  an  opportunity  to  shoot  a  few  of  our 
American  Indians.  The  sport  is  extremely 
thrilling.  You  will  never  forget  it  to  your 
dying  day.  Just  now  is  the  close  season  and 
the  Indian  agents  keep  a  sharp  eye  out 
that  no  one  shoots  more  than  two  in  a  sin- 
gle month.  October  is  the  open  month-, 
when  one  can  shoot  as  many  as  he  can  find 
Though  it  was  the  close  season  last  month,  I 
shot  three — one  more  than  the  law  allows.  I 
had  to  sneak  the  extra  one  out.  Last  Oc- 
tober I  got  thirteen  of  them  before  dinner  in 
one  day." 

The  Englishman  said  that  he  had  read  a 
lot  about  the  Indians  and  the  agents.  Ar- 
rangements were  then  and  there  made  be- 
tween the  two  for  an  Indian  hunt  the  next 
October, 


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PRIZE  WINNERS  OF  DORCHES- 
TER CLUB  IN  SEASON 
OF  1914 

There  was  a  large  list  of  prizes  offered  by 
members  and  friends  of  the  Dorchester  Gen- 
tlemen's Driving  Club  for  the  horses  racing 
at  the  Franklin  Field  Speedway  in  the  season 
of  1914,  which  inclined  to  keep  competition 
at  a  high  pitch  up  to  the  last  matinee,  held 
on  Thanksgiving  Day.  A  review  of  the  list 
shows  that  every  prize  was  well  worth  the 
trouble  in  winning. 

Following  is  the  complete  list  of  winners 
which  is  placed  in  this  section  of  the  book 
on  account  of  the  Dorchester  Club  racing 
so  late  it  was  impossible  to  give  the  winners 
in  the  regular  space  allotted  to  the  club's 
history : 

Trotters 
Silver   cup,   value  $30,    for    fastest   average   time   in 
six   winning   races — R.   G.    Crosby's   Jack   Bingen, 
average  i  :04  1-4. 
Silver  cup,  value  $30,  for  winning  greatest  number 

of  heats  in  I  :oS  or  better — M.  McDermott's  Mary 

Mc,   17  heats. 
Silver   cup,   value  $25,    for   winning   fastest  heat   in 

winning  race — Hollis  Gallup's  Silence,  I  :04  3-4. 
First    point    prize,    road    cart,    value    $65 — Won    by 

George  M.,  with  96  points. 
Second    point    prize,    harness,    value    $30 — Won    by 

Jack  Bingen  with  84  points. 
Third  point  prize,  suit  of  horse  clothing,  value  $15 

— Won  by  Amy's  Baby  with  83  points. 
Fourth  point  prize,   silver   cup,   value   $10 — Won   by 

Dot  with  72  points. 
Fifth    point    prize,    silver    cup,    value    $10 — Won    by 

May  McKinney  with  65   points. 
Sixth    point    prize,    blankets,    value    $10 — Won    by 

Mary  Mc,  with  64  points. 
Seventh  point  prize,   cup,  value  $8 — Won   by   Peter 

Red  Bell  with  61  points. 
Eighth   point   prize,    chest   of   horse   medicine — Won 

by  Lister  W.,  with  46  points. 
Ninth   point   prize,   cooler,   value   $S — Won   by   Quo 

Vadis  with  40  points. 
Tenth   point   prize, "  cooler,   value   $5 — Won   by   Gal- 
lup's Todd  with  37  points. 
Eleventh    point    prize,    breezer,    value    $5 — Won    by 

Green   Mountain   Boy  with   34  points. 
Twelfth  point  prize,  whip,  value  $S — Won  by  Billy 

Bingen  with  32  points. 
Thirteenth    point    prize,    cooler,    value   $5 — Won    by 

Silence  with  31  points. 
Fourteenth   point  prize,   breezer,   value  $3 — Won  by 

Baron  Patch  with  31  points. 

Pacers 
Silver  cup,  value  $30,  for  fastest  average  time  in  six 

winning  races — W.  H.  Young's  Sister  Patch,  aver. 

1 :02. 
Silver  cup,  value  $30,   for  winning   fastest  average 

time  in  six  winning  races,  without  the  hopples — 

C.  M.  Warren's  Color  Bearer,  aver,  i  :o6  1-4. 
Silver   cup,    value   $25,    for    winning   most   heats    in 

I  :07  or  better — A.  T  Wheelock's   Charley    King, 

Ti  heats. 
First   point   prize,    road    cart,    value   $65 — ^Won    by 

Sister  Patch  with  80  points. 
Second   point  prize,   silver  cup,   value  $25 — Won  by 

Sunshine  with   73   points. 


Third    point    prize,     blanket,     value    $15— Won    by 

Mark's   Bell,  Jr.,   with  51   points. 
Fourth  point  prize,   silver  cup,   value  $10 — Won  by 

Hattie  B.,  with  46  points. 
Fifth     point    prize,     blankets,    value    $10 — Won    by 

Color  Bearer  with  41  points. 
Sixth  point  prize,  blanket,  value  $10 — Won  by  Mona 

Maid  with  35  points. 
Seventh  point  prize,   silver   cup,   value   $8 — Won  by 

Charley  King  with  34  points. 
Eighth   point  prize,   chest   of   horse   medicine — Won 

by  Harry  Direct  with  31  points. 
Ninth  point  prize,  cooler,   value  $5 — Won  by  Jenny 

F.,  with  30  points. 
Tenth  point  prize,   cooler,  value  $S — Won  by  Knox 

Gelatine  Baby  with  26  points. 
Eleventh    point    prize,    cooler,     value     $5 — Won     by 

C.  E.  R.,  with  26  points. 
Twelfth    poi'it    prize,    breezer,    value    $S — Won    by 

Shamrock  with  21  points. 
Thirteenth  point  prize,  whip,  value  $5 — Won  by  Dob- 
son  with  20  points. 
Fourteenth    point    prize,    whip,    value    $S — Won    by 

Windsor  B.,  with  19  points. 

Colt  Prizes 
First,   C.  M,   Warren's  Alpine  Echo ;   second,  J.  W. 
Burns'  Ralph  Bingen ;  third.  D,  M.  Biggs'  Annie  M. 


FIRST  HORSE  SHOW  WAS  HELD 

IN  SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 

IN  1853 

The  first  horse  show  of  national  impor- 
tance in  North  America  was  held  in  Spring- 
field, Mass.,  October  10  to  13,  in  the  year 
1853.  The  affairs  of  this  pioneer  equine  ex- 
position were  in  the  hands  of  George  M. 
Atwater,  and  with  the  profits  of  this  initial 
show  and  the  successful  ones  which  followed 
was  built  Hampden  Park,  for  many  years  one 
of  the  popular  mile  racing  tracks  of  New  Eng- 
land. 

At  the  first  horse  show,  in  1853,  the  great 
shov/man,  P.  T.  Barnum,  judged  the  ponies 
in  the  infield  of  the  temporary  fair  ground, 
while  Budd  Doble  drove  in  races  on  the 
track.  The  site  of  these  festivities,  which 
marked  an  era  in  the  career  of  the  American 
horse,  was  a  vacant  lot  in  Springfield,  owned 
by  the  United  States  Government,  now  cov- 
ered by  the  United  States  armory  buildings. 
A  temporar}^  grandstand,  stalls  and  other 
buildings  were  erected  for  the  first  horse 
show  and  a  half-mile  track  laid  out  for  the 
occasion. 

Such  men  of  national  reputation  as  Rufu'' 
Choate,  Edward  Everett  and  Oliver  Wendell 
Holmes  were  nvunbered  among  the  guests  of 
the  association  on  its  opening  show,  and 
later,  in  1857,  when  Hampden  Park  was 
inaugurated,  the  address  of  the  day  was 
made  bv  Rev.  Henrv  AVard  Beecher. 


A  bad  horse  eats  as  much  as  a  good  one. 

— Myster. 


Biographies  and  Portraits  of 

Driving  Club  Members  and 

Prominent  Horsemen 

of  New  England 


The   Hillanddale  Farm 


RESIDENCE-Front  RESIDENCE-Side 

FRANK  L.  WHITCOMB,  The  Proprietor 
RESIDENCE— Rear  Grand  View  from  Residence 


The  Hillanddale  Farm  (Cont.) 


I    I  11  i 


',-•'*>*» 


Hay  Barn  and  Carriage  House 

Garage  and  the  "Den" 
Blacksmith  and  Carpenter  Shop 


Side  View  of  Stables 
Farm  House 
The  Hennery 


Biographies 


FRANK   L.  WHITCOMB 

Frank  L.  Whitcomb  was  born  in  Montsello, 
Minn.,  in  1858.  Soon  after  his  birth  his  par- 
ents returned  to  their  former  home  in  the 
state  of  Maine.  In  1874  he  came  to  Boston 
and  entered  the  employ  of  Benj.  D.  Whit- 
comb, 29  Wareham  Street,  as  apprentice  in  the 
building  and  contracting  business.  In  1883  he 
started  in  business  for  himself  at  13  Broad- 
way, Cambridge,  afterwards  removing  to  19 
Wareham  Street,  Boston,  where  he  is  at  pres- 
ent located.  Mr.  Whitcomb  is  one  of  the  large 
firms  of  Boston  in  the  building  and  contracting 
business,  having  among  his  patrons  wealthy 
residents  of  Brookline,  Newport,  Bar  Harbor, 
Lenox,  etc.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Metropol- 
itan Driving  Club,  the  Gentlemen's  Driving 
Club  of  Boston,  and  the  Quannapowitt  Driv- 
ing Club.  He  also  belongs  to  the  B.  A.  A.  and 
the  Odd  Fello.ws. 

While  Mr.  Whitcomb  has  a  very  select  stud 
of  trotters,  yet  in  the  years  1913  and  1914  he 
devoted  the  most  of  his  spare  time  in  the  re- 
construction of  his  stock  farm,  situated  in  the 
towns  of  Concord  and  North  Sudbury,  only 
twenty  miles  from  the  State  House,  Beacon 
Hill,  Boston. 

Mr.  Whitcomb  named  his  farm  Hillanddale 
which  aptly  describes  the  surrounding  country. 
The  residence  is  beautifully  situated,  it  being 
a  quarter  of  a  mile  from  the  public  road  and 
reached  by  a  broad  and  winding  driveway 
that  is  lined  by  a  neatly-trimmed  hedge.  The 
residence  has  an  elevation  of  four  hundred 
feet,  thus  permitting  of  a  magnificent  view  of 
miles  away,  and  in  all  directions.  The  resi- 
dence, too,  has  every  convenience  of  a  city 
home,  in  having  running  water,  electric  lights 
and  heated  by  steam,  etc. 

In  the  farm  are  two  hundred  acres  and,  not 
least  to  be  thought  of.  is  a  beautiful  pond  cov- 
ering eighty  acres,  that  nestles  between  the' 
hills  and  is  entirely  fed  by  springs,  the  water 
passing  analysis  as  being  perfect.  From  this 
pond  comes  the  water  used  in  the  residence 
and  barns. 

The  land  is  very  fertile,  growing  the  best 
of  hay  for  the  equine  occupants  of  the  stables, 
while  the  pastures  are  perfect  for  browsing 
during  the  Summer  months.  All  of  the  farm 
buildings  are  in  perfect  condition,  everything 
being  span  and  clean.  In  most  instances  the 
buildings  were  built  by  Mr.  Whitcomb  in  the 
past  two  years,  and,  in  cases  where  the  former 
farm  buildings  were  used,  they  have  been  re- 
modeled to  such  an  extent  as  to  be  practically 
new.  About  the  residence  and  barns  are  several 


drives,  with  the  lawns  and  the  landscape  ar- 
ranged to  equal  any  surrounding  the  suburban 
homes  of  Brookline  or  of  Wellesley  Hills. 
The  expense  in  transforming  the  estate  to  its 
present  beauty  must  have  been  enormous.  To 
enjoy  every  comfort  with  his  many  friends, 
Mr.  Whitcomb  constructed  in  the  building  with 
the  garage  and  the  carriage  and  harness  rooms, 
a  den  for  himself  and  guests,  in  which  is  fitted 
a  billiard  and  pool  table.  In  this  retreat  are 
spent  many  enjoyable  evenings  during  Mr. 
Whitcomb's  Summer  at  the  farm. 

Mr.  Whitcomb,  from  a  mere  lad,  was  pas- 
sionately fond  of  horses.  When  twelve  years 
of  age  he  broke  to  harness  the  afterwards  fa- 
mous trotting  gelding.  Hopeful.  2:143-4,  and 
so  well  did  he  educate  the  gelding  that,  when 
his  uncle  B.  D.  Whitcomb,  took  him  to  Bos- 
ton to  use  as  a  driving  horse,  he  found  him  as 
steady  and  reliable  as  though  always  used  to 
city  sights.  A  number  of  years  ago  Mr.  Whit- 
comb began  breeding  a  few  mares  he  brought 
from  the  farm  of  his  uncle  in  Stratham,  N.  H., 
where  Woodbrino,  2  :25  1-2,  stood  and  perpet- 
uated a  family  of  trotters.  The  result  was  a 
number  of  foals  that  matured  into  ver}^  fast 
trotters.  These  were  developed  by  Ralph  Har- 
rison, head  trainer  for  Mr.  Whitcomb  at  Hill- 
anddale Farm,  but  at  that  time  located  in 
Reading,  Mass. 

At  the  head  of  these  trotters  is  the  royally 
bred  stallion,  Neno  Bingen,  2  :22  1-4,  by  Bin- 
gen,  2  :o6  1-4,  out  of  Jane,  trial  2  :20,  by  Har- 
binger. Another  fast  performer  is  Miss  El- 
eanor, 2  129  1-2,  and  with  speed  to  race  in  2  :i2, 
by  Bingen,  out  of  the  dam  of  Neno  Bin- 
gen. Then,  there  is  Miss  Todd,  by  Todd, 
2:143-4,  out  of  Su  Su,  the  great  brood  mare. 
With  little  training  Miss  Todd  worked  in 
2:13  1-2;  Evelyn,  by  Todd,  another  of  Jane's 
colts,  is  capable  of  getting  a  low  record  when 
given  the  racing  test.  Sister  Todd,  by  Todd, 
out  of  Zu  Zu,  is  one  with  better  than  2 :20 
speed  and  all  ready  to  be  campaigned.  Lady 
Whitcomb  was  a  very  nervous  filly,  but,  since 
having  been  bred,  has  become  much  better, 
mannered.  She  has  a  tremendous  turn  of 
speed.  iNIildred  Whitcomb,  by  Cochato, 
2:11  1-2,  dam  Alta  Bird,  is  counted  by  ex- 
cellent judges  as  destined  for  a  brilliant  ca- 
reer on  the  turf.  Edwin  C,  by  Cochato,  out 
of  Zu  Zu,  is  also  a  smooth  going  trotter. 

At  the  opening  of  the  half-mile  track  at 
Charles  River  Speedway,  in  April,  1912,  Mr. 
Whitcomb  brought  over  to  the  course  a  sam- 
ple of  his  trotters  to  try  for  the  silver  cups  that 
were  offered  for  the  day's  sport.   Neno  Bingen 


ARTHUR  L.  POWER 
Official  Starting  Judge  of  Metropolitan  Club 


JOHN  N.  MACLEOD 
Treasurer  Metropolitan  Club  1914 


CHARLES  E.  AUSTIN 
Well  Known  Member  of  Metropolitan  Club 


JUSTIN  EDWARDS 
President  Bay  State  Short  Ship  Circuit 


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won  his  race  and  cup  handily,  as  did  Miss 
Eleanor  her  event.  The  latter  was  pitted 
against  a  fast  field  of  trotters,  including  Do- 
die  K.,  2:13  1-2,  but  she  won  easily  in  straight 
heats,  the  last  one  in  i  :o8  1-2. 

While  Mr.  Whitcomb  spends  his  Summers 
at  Hillanddale  Farm,  his  Winter  residence  is  at 
14  Farrington  Avenue,  Allston,  Mass. 


ARTHUR  L.  POWER 

Arthur  L.  Power  was  born  in  Boston  in 
1859,  and  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  city.  His  first  work  was  for  Nathan- 
iel Tufts,  manufacturer  of  gas  meters,  42  Sud- 
bury Street,  Boston.  In  1880  he  entered  the 
employ  of  A.  Corse,  as  traveling  salesman. 
He  went  to  New  York  :n  1882  as  the  N.  E. 
representative  for  Gledhill,  Meinken  &  Har- 
ris, wall  papers.  The  following  year  he  en- 
gaged with  Robert  S.  Hobbs  &  Co.,  wall 
papers,  where  he  remained  for  seven  years, 
and  the  last  eighteen  years  has  been  mill 
agent  for  Fr.  Beck  &  Co.,  of  New  York, 
wall  paper  manufacturers,  Mr.  Power  hav- 
ing the  Boston  office  at  loi  Tremont  Street. 

Mr.  Power  has  been  prominent  in  the  rac- 
ing of  the  Metropolitan  Club,  which  organ- 
ization he  joined  iri  its  early  days.  Not  only 
has  he  raced  several  horses  in  the  matinees, 
but  for  several  seasons  has  been  the  official 
starting-  judge.  He  served,  too,  on  the  board 
of  directors.  Among  the  horses  he  raced  at 
Charles  River  Speedway  were :  L'Empereur, 
2:25;  Alice  Wilkes  (3),  2:171-4;  David  S., 
2:271-2:  Persilica,  2:273-4,  by  Baron 
Wilkes :  Prince  Simmons,  Ijy  Simmons,  and 
Toreador.  l\lr.  Power  is  a  director  in  the 
Marshfield  Agricultural  &  Horticultural  So- 
ciety, and  manager  of  ;the  horse  department. 
He  has  been  a  big  help  m  putting  the  Marsh- 
field  Fair  on  the  map  of  leading  Massachu- 
setts Fairs.  Mr.  Power  resides  in  Norwell, 
Mass. 


JOHN    N.    MACLEOD 

John  N.  Macleod  was  born  in  Stornoway, 
Province  Quebec,  in  1872.  From  1887  to 
ic;o3  he  was  engaged  in  railroad  work  for 
the  Canadian  Pacific,  Boston  &  Maine,  and 
New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Rail- 
wa3-s.  He  then  entered  in  the  wholesale  coal 
business,  being  at  present  vice-president  of 
the  Spring  Coal  Co.,  50  Congress  Street,  Bos- 
ton, Mass.  Mr.  Macleod  is  a  member  of  the 
Metropolitan  Driving  Club,  of  which  he  was 
treasurer  in  19 14.  He  did  excellent  work 
for  the  club  in  his  official  capacity,  his  ex- 
tended business  career  having  been  a  distinct 
benefit  in  administrating  the  financial  affairs 
of  the  organization.  !Mr.  Macleod  resides  in 
Newton  Center,  Mass. 


JUSTIN   EDWARDS 

Justin  Edwards,  a  member  of  the  Gentle- 
men's Driving  Club  of  Boston,  and  who 
served  on  the  executive  committee,  is  best 
known  to  horsemen  as  the  father  of- the  Bay 
State  Short  Ship  Circuit,  but  previous  to 
that  honor  he  campaigned  the  pacing  mare, 
Owaissa,  2  :o6  3-4. 

In  1913  Mr.  Edwards  made  strenuous  ef- 
forts in  organizing  the  half-mile  tracks  of 
Massachusetts  into  what  might  be  a  compact 
race  circuit.  This  he  did  for  the  elevation  of 
the  sport,  and  to  give  the  owners  of  local 
horses  the  opportunity  of  earning  money  in 
the  early  Summer,  in  place  of  remaining  in 
idleness  the  most  of  the  year,  or  until  the 
Fall  fairs.  His  efforts  in  that  year  proved 
unsuccessful.  Mr.  Edwards  did  not  despair, 
but  he  kept  strenuously  at  work,  so  that  in 
the  Spring  of  1914  he  saw  his  efforts  cul- 
minate in  success. 

The  Bay  State  Short  Ship  Circuit  opened 
at  Combination  Park,  Medford,  and  racing 
was  held  at  the  prominent  half-mile  tracks  in 
this  state  and  one  track  in  Rhode  Island,  at 
HillsgrovC;  and  proved  a  tremendous  success, 
considering  that  the  meetings  were  conducted 
without  the  financial  benefits  of  a  pool  box. 
So  successful  were  these  series  of  meetings 
that  plans  were  made  in  the  Fall  for  a  ban- 
quet to  be  held  in  Boston,  in  January,  191 5, 
at  which  time  would  be  perfected  the  ar- 
rangements for  even  a  larger  circuit  in  the 
coming  year.  Mr.  Edwards  was  rewarded 
for  his  zealous  work  in  behalf  of  the  circuit 
by  being  elected  president  for   191 5. 

Mr.  Edwards  is  a  licensed  starting  judge, 
and  has  performed  good  services  at  different 
tracks.  He  has  always  been  greatly  interest- 
ed in  the  South  Framingham  Fair  and,  it 
was  his  connection  with  that  association,  that 
first  gave  him  the  idea  of  the  Short  Ship  Cir- 
cuit. In  racing  he  was  identified  on  the  pro- 
fessional turf  with  Willie  Robbs,  2:14;  Dr. 
Shorb,  2:161-4;  Nerissa,  2:213-4;  and 
Owaissa,  2  :o5  3-4,  which,  after  her  retire- 
ment from  the  turf,  was  a  producer  of  ex- 
treme speed.  Mr.  Edwards  resides  at 
Wellesley  Hills,  I\Iass. 


C.   E.   AUSTIN 

C.  E.  Austin,  one  of  the  quiet  workers  of 
the  Metropolitan  Club,  which  he  joined  in 
1907  and  served  two  years  on  the  entertain- 
ment committee,  is  one  of  the  successful 
business  men  of  Boston.  In  1884  he  en- 
tered tb.e  employ  of  Jacob  Mitchell  and  C.  H. 
Woodbury,  importers  of  crockery,  china  and 
glass,  at  56  Pearl  Street,  and  later  at  76-92 
Pearl  Street.  Upon  removal  to  their  present 
location,   556-560   Atlantic  Avenue,   they  in- 


CHARLES  H.  BELLEDEU 
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corporated  under  the  name  of  ]\Jitchell, 
Woodbury,  &  Co.  Mr.  Austin,  by  tireless  in- 
dustry and  sterling  worth,  a  number  of  years 
ago  became  one  of  the  firm.  He  resides  at 
46   Pleasant   Street,   Methuen,   Mass. 


CHARLES  H.  BELLEDEU 

Charles  H.  Belledeu  was  born  in  West 
Deer  Isle,  Me.,  in  i860,  and  was  graduated 
from  the  local  schools  of  his  native  town. 
His  first  work  in  Boston  was  in  1879  as  a  car- 
penter's apprentice  for  a  Mr.  Lilford,  in  the 
North  End.  After  serving  three  and  a  half 
years,  he  entered  the  employ  of  j.  and  C.  A. 
Noyes,  builders  and  contractors,  5  Province 
Court,  Boston,  and,  in  1888  he  bought  out  the 
interest  of  J.  AToyes  and  soon  after  became 
the  sole  owner  of  the  business.  He  remained 
in  Province  Court  until  1908,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Wareham  Street.  Due  to  ill  health 
he  retired  from  business  in  1913. 

Mr.  Belledeu  was  one  of  the  very  first  mem- 
bers of  the  Metropolitan  Driving  Club,  one  of 
the  charter  members  of  the  Dorchester  Driv- 
ing Club,  and  a  member  of  the  Gentlemen's 
Driving  Club  of  Boston,  where  he  served  on 
the  executive  committee  for  five  vears.  While 
Mr.  Belledeu  was  the  first  secretary  of  the 
Dorchester  Club,  and  did  much  for  that  or- 
ganization in  the  early  days  when  its  meeting 
place  was  at  Morrill's  Hall,  yet  his  connection 
with  the  Metropolitan  Club  so  far  superseded 
the  others  in  importance,  that  it  is  in  that 
particular  light  he  stands  so  prominent  in  the 
matinee  field. 

Mr.  Belledeu  was  the  first  president  of  the 
Metropolitan  Driving  Club  and  held  that  of- 
fice for  six  consecutive  years.  He  was,  there- 
fore, in  the  executive's  chair  when  that  par- 
ticular piece'  of  furniture  was,  to  all  intents 
and  purposes,  located  on  the  sidewalk  at 
Charles  River  Speedway.  When  he  retired 
from  office,  though,  the  club  was  owner  of 
its  own  property  and  had,  for  a  long  time,  been 
in  most  thriving  circumstances. 

In  1905  Mr.  Belledeu  was  a  most  zealous 
worker  in  having  the  clubhouse  at  Charles 
River  Speedway  transferred  from  a  syndicate, 
headed  by  Thomas  G.  Plant,  to  the  Metropoli- 
tan Driving  Club.  Finally,  in  order  to  accom- 
plish this,  he  was  obliged  to  stand  sponsor  for 
the  sum  of  $5,000.  In  taking  this  obligation 
Mr.  Belledeu  fully  understood  that  were  the 
Metropolitan  Club  to  dwindle  out,  it  would  be 
the  last  of  racing  at  Charles  River  Speedway, 
and  would  leave  him  the  sole  owner  of  a  club- 
house located  in  a  part  of  the  city  where  no- 
body wanted  one. 

But  in  no  way  did  Mr.  Belledeu  consider 
the  possibility  of  such  a  fact  arising,  so  firm 
was  his  conviction  in  the  future  success  of  the 
driving   club   of   which   he   was   at   the   head. 


As   was   afterwards   proved,   his   faith   in   thc 
enterprise  was  well  substantiated. 

It  was  in  the  last  year  of  Mr.  Belledeu's- 
reign  as  president,  1909,  that  he  conceived  the 
idea  of  a  half-mile  track  to  be  located  between 
the  speedway  proper  and  the  Charles  River. 
He  talked  this  over  with  a  few  members  of 
the  club  and  they  agreed  that  it  looked  feasible, 
provided  the  Metropolitan  Park  Commission- 
ers could  be  induced  to  go  ahead  with  the 
project. 

Mr.  Belledeu  had  several  talks  with  Super- 
intendent Gilman,  of  the  speedway,  regarding 
the  possibility  of  having  the  half-mile  track 
and  Mr.  Gilman  was  ver}^  enthusiastic  over 
its  construction,  believing  that  with  this  addi- 
tion the  Charles  River  Speedway  in  every  way 
would  certainly  be  the  best  in  the  whole  coun- 
try. 

In  interviewing  the  Metropolitan  Park  Com- 
missioners, disappointment  was  in  store  for 
Mr.  Belledeu  and  his  followers,  in  their  stating 
that  lack  of  funds  would  prevent  them  from 
building  the  half-mile  track  in  the  very  near 
future.  He  related  this  downfall  to  Mr.  Gil- 
man. The  latter  cheered  him  up  by  saying 
there  were  tons  of  ashes  dumped  at  divers 
places  during  the  year,  and  that  he  would  see 
in  the  future  that  they  were  put  on  the  marsh- 
land, which  had  been  surveyed  for  the  half- 
mile  course.  This  Mr.  Gilman  did  for  almost 
three  years  or,  to  be  exact,  until  the  season  of 
191 1.  When  the  grade  of  the  marshland  had 
been  raised  to  the  proportions  required,  and 
all  the  expense  necessary  for  the  Park  Com- 
missioners would  be  in  covering  the  ashes 
with  loam,  they  readily  consented  to  do  so, 
and,  as  is  well  known,  the  half-mile  track 
was  opened  for  racing  in  the  season  of  1912. 

To  give  Mr.  Belledeu's  complete  career  in 
amateur  racing  would  require  a  volarne  of 
space  in  itself.  His  fun  horses  included 
Kentuckv  Wilkes,  2:21  1-4;  Ludlow,  mati- 
nee, 2:19  1-4;  Black  Diamond,  2:321-4  (a 
great  snow  horse) ;  Susie  K.,  2  124  1-2,  mati- 
nee record,  2:14;  Ben  H.,  2:12  3-4;  Ned 
AVinslow,  2:123-4;  Chase,  2:071-4:  Ken- 
tucky Star,  2:08  1-2,  which  Mr.  Belledeit 
drove  a  mile  in  2:031-2;  Haynes,  2:233-4; 
Doctor  G.,  2:21;  Dash,  2:16  3-4,  matinee 
record,  2:12,  etc. 

Mr.  Belledeu  was  the  first  one  to  drive  at 
speed  over  the  Charles  River  Speedway  as, 
on  the  day  it  was  opened  to  the  public,  he 
started  Kentucky  Star  in  the  contest  with 
other  aspirants  to  be  first  over  the  course, 
and  Kentucky  Star  was  easily  the  winner. 

In  1906  Mr.  Belledeu  won  twelve  races 
with  Kentucky  Star,  driving  him  in  2  :o9  3-4, 
to  wagon,  in  one  of  the  events  at  Readville. 
He  was  the  winner  of  the  first  race,  and  the 


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first  blue  ribbon  given  by  the  Gentlemen's 
Driving  Club  of  Boston.  One  matinee  day 
he  won  all  of  the  races  at  Readville,  captur- 
ing six  cups,  one  each  with  Aline,  Susie  K., 
Dash,  Altro  L.,  Promise,  and  Kentucky  Star. 
This  was  featured  by  the  Boston  newspapers 
as  "Belledeu  Day."  He  has  won  hundreds 
of  ribbons,  and  has  a  large  collection  of  silver 
cups,  of  all  sizes  and  values,  to  show  visitors. 
One  is  the  big  championship  pacing  cup, 
given  by  the  Boston  Club,  which  he  won 
four  tiines  with  Prince  Wilkes.  He  also 
drove  four  winning  races  for  the  champion- 
ship trotting  cup,  which  was  called  the  "Per- 
petual Cup,"  with  Ben  H.,  Altro  L.,  Promise, 
and  Dash.  .The  conditions  being  that  the  owner 
must  win  with  the  same  horse  in  three  con- 
secutive seasons,  Mr.  Belledeu's  victories  did 
not  secure  him  the  trophy,  he  not  owning  all 
of  the  horses  that  he  drove. 

Mr.  Belledeu  came  very  near  to  buying 
Uhlan  when  he  was  a  two-year-old.  Mr. 
Parker  having  him  that  Fall  at  the  Charles 
River  Speedway,  Mr.  Belledeu  entered  into 
negotiations  with  the  object  of  buying  him 
for  $1,500  and,  again  the  next  Summer,  he 
nibbled  at  the  proposition,  but  Charles  Sand- 
ers proved  the  fortunate  man  in  securing  the 
prize. 

An  event  that  Mr.  Belledeu  often  alludes 
to  was  the  defeat  of  Landlord,  at  that  time 
the  champion  pacer  of  the  Dorchester  Club. 
The  racing  was  then  over  the  Blue  Hill 
Avenue  Speedway.  Mr.  Belledeu  had  pur- 
chased Kentucky  Star  and  immediately  after 
challenged  Mr.  Young,  the  owner  of  Land- 
lord, for  the  championship.  It  was  not  easy 
for  Kentucky  Star  to  win,  however,  for 
Landlord  made  him  go  four  heats  in  29, 
29  1-4,  29  3-4  and  29  3-4  seconds. 

In  one  season  Mr.  Belledeu  drove  in  78 
races  to  matinee  wagon,  of  which  he  won  33 
firsts.  Among  the  horses  he  drove  that  year, 
besides  his  own,  were  those  of  Messrs. 
Shepard,  Bradley  and  Bigelow. 

Mr.  Belledeu  is  a  thirty-second  degree 
Mason  and  a  Shriner.  He  resides  at  70 
Roslin  Street,  Dorchester,  Mass. 


C.  S.  SPENCER 

C.  S.  Spencer  was  elected  president  of  the 
Metropolitan  Driving  Club  in  the  season  of 
1912  in  place  of  Fred  C.  Gannon,  who  re- 
signed. Not  caring  to  resume  the  office  for 
the  year  of  1913,  he  was  finally  prevailed 
upon  to  accept  a  position  on  the  board  of 
directors,  and  as  chairman  of  the  executive 
committee. 

Owing  to  a  sudden  change  in  his  business 
affairs,  which  necessitated  the  removal  of  his 
residence   to    New   York    City,   he   was   com- 


pelled, in  February  of  1913,  to  resign  from 
the  Metropolitan  Club,  much  to  the  regret  of 
all  the  members.  During  the  Spring  series  of 
matinees,  in  commemoration  of  what  Mr. 
Spencer  had  done  for  the  club,  there  was  set 
apart  one  day  in  his  honor,  and  one  of  the 
biggest  crowds  ever  seen  at  the  speedway 
were  assembled  to  enjoy  the  afternoon's  rac- 
ing. 

Mr.  Spencer  has  owned  and  raced  some  of 
the  best  trotters  and  pacers  that  have  taken 
part  in  the  racing  at  the  Charles  River 
Speedway.  Of  his  trotters  can  be  men- 
tioned Creighton,  2:08  1-4;  La  Boudie,  2:10; 
Jay  Kay,  2:15  1-2;  Commodore  Bingen, 
2:17  3-4;  The  Lookout,  2:171-4;  Orale 
2:17  1-2,  and  Harry  Bingen,  2:19.  Of  the 
pacers  he  has  owned  can  be  mentioned  Miss 
Adbell,  2:06  1-4;  Ethel  Direct,  2:11  3-4; 
Ethel  S.,  2:15  1-4;  Bon  View,  2:15  1-4; 
Mattie  March,  2:14  1-4,  and  .-Vntifriction, 
2:14  1-4. 


ARTHUR   H.   ALLEY 

Arthur  H.  Alley,  whose  place  of  business 
is  38  Hawley  St.,  Boston,  has  a  very  wide  ac- 
quaintance throughout  New  England.  For 
many  years  he  was  closely  identified  with  the 
matinees  at  Charles  River  Speedway  and  at 
the  Readville  track,  with  the  trotting  mare, 
Lottie  Fallis,  2:20  1-4,  and  a  matinee  record 
to  wagon  of  2:15.  Mr.  Alley  is  a  life  mem- 
ber of  the  Metropolitan  Club,  and  on  the 
board  of  directors  of  the  Gentlemen's  Driv- 
ing Club  of  Boston.  Mr.  Alley  resides  in 
Norwood,  Mass. 


G.   PRAY   SMITH 

G.  Pray  Smith  was  born  in  Northumber- 
land, N.  H.,  in  185 1,  and  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  schools  of  that  town.  In  1895  he 
opened  a  mining  office  in  Boston,  and  was 
always  in  business  for  himself  in  that  line  and 
in  promoting,  which  has  taken  him  to  all  parts 
of  the  country.  He  is  an  expert  on  explo- 
sives. He  joined  the  Metropolitan  Driving 
Club  in  1905,  and,  after  filling  several  posi- 
tions of  importance  in  the  club,  was  elected 
president  in  19 1 3,  and  for  a  second  term  the 
following  year.  He  has  been  for  six  years 
national  president  of  the  P.  O.  S.  of  A.,  an 
organization  of  300,000  members. 

Mr.  Smith  has  been  a  diligent  worker  in 
the  interests  of  the  Metropolitan  Club,  and 
has  missed  but  very  few  of  the  matinees, 
when  he  has  been  in  Boston,  since  becoming  a 
member.  For  a  number  of  years  he  has  been 
the  announcer  of  the  winners  and  positions  of 
the  horses  in  the  matinees,  and  it  is  well  worth 
a  trip  to  the  speedway  to  hear  the  clear  enun- 


MARTHA  G.  (Matinee  Record),  1:00  3-4 
One  of  the  Brilliant  Matinee  Trotters  of  1914  at  Charles  River  Speedway.     Owned  and 

Driven  by  John  W.  Ellis 


MISS  ZOMBRO  (by  Zombro) 
Dam,  Miss  Cains,  Half-Sister  of  Sterling  McKinney,  2:06  1-4. 

V.  C.  Bruce  Wetmore 


Owned  and  Driven  by 


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ciation  and  pleasing  way  in  which  he  renders 
the  judge's  decisions. 

Mr.  Smith  has  been  identified  with  many 
of  the  horses  that  have  raced  at  Charles  River 
Speedway,  and  with  many  that  have  mad.e 
fast  records  in  professional  races  throughout 
New  England.  The  most  prominent  horse 
with  which  he  was  connected  was  a  half-in- 
terest in  the  famous  campaigner,  Joe  Patchen, 
2  :oi  1-4.  Mr.  Smith  resides  at  34  Park  St., 
Newton,  Mass. 


ALMON  J.  FURBUSH 

Almon  J.  FuRBusii  was  born  in  Lebanon, 
Me.,  in  1859.  He  received  his  education  in 
the  town  schools  of  his  place  of  birth  and 
was  graduated  from  the  Berwick  High 
School.  His  first  work  in  Boston  was  in 
1883,  as  a  grocery  clerk  for  J.  H.  Nute. 
The  following  year  he  started  in  business 
for  himself,  opening  a  grocery  store  at  329 
Washington  Street,  Brighton.  He  later 
opened  a  sale  stable,  where  he  is  still  lo- 
cated, at  200  Washington  Street,  Brighton. 
He  was  one  of  the  first  members  to  join  the 
Metropolitan  Driving  Club,  and  served  on 
the  board  of  directors  and  filled  the  office 
of  treasurer.  He  also  belongs  to  the 
Ivnights  Templar,  I\nights  of  Pythias  and 
Golden  Cross. 

So  prominent  has  been  Mr.  Fi.n"bush  in 
the  matinee  racing  at  the  Charles  River 
Speedway  that  to  leave  out  his  name,  and 
the  horses  that  he  drove,  would  be  to 
greatly  depreciate  the  length  of  the  sum- 
maries. He  has  owned  and  sold  211  horses 
with  records  from  2:031-4  to  2:30,  among 
the  fastest  being  ISly  Star,  2:033-4;  Nathan 
Straus,  2:03  1-2;  Doris  B.,  2:05  3-4,  the 
holder,  at  one  time,  of  the  world's  record  to 
ice  of  2:131-4;  Frank  Wilson,  2:061-4, 
the  holder  of  a  half-mile  ice  record  (straight- 
away) of  583-4  seconds;  Claymos,  2:073-4; 
Phoebon  W.,  third  heat  in  2:083-4;  lidwin 
S.,  2:08;  Chief  Wilkie,  2:123-4,  that  de- 
feated more  than  a  hundred  different  pacers 
and  never  lost  to  a  pacer  but  what  he,  in 
turn,  defeated  that  same  horse.  He  was  also 
winner  of  fourth  money  in  the  $15,000  pac- 
ing handicap  at  Readville,  the  distance  be- 
ing one  and  a  half  miles,  and  was  timed, 
separately,  at  the  rate  of  2:10  for  the  mile. 
Mr.  Furbush  resides  in  Brighton,  Mass. 


BERT  W.   GOVE 

Bert  W".  Gove  was  born  in  Nahant,  Mass., 
in  1875,  and  was  graduated  from  the  local 
schools  of  his  native  town.  His  first  work  in 
Boston  was  in  1893  at  the  Quincy  Market. 
He  started  in  business  for  himself,  in  1896,  at 
54  Beach  Street,  Boston,  opening  a  fish  mar- 


ket, and  is  still  in  the  same  line,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Gove  &  Mollins,  with  stores  at 
156  Federal  and  152  Summer  Streets,  Bos- 
ton. He  joined  the  Metropolitan  Driving 
Club  in  1904,  when  it  was  organized,  and  has 
served  on  the  board  of  directors.  He  also  be- 
longs to  the  fraternal  order  of  Masons.  Mr. 
Gove  has  been  prominent  in  matinee  circles, 
having  owned  Ward  M.,  2:09  1-4;  Victor  C, 
2:10  1-4;  Billy  Wilkes,  2:29  1-2;  Billy  H., 
2:10  3-4;  Miss  \"assar,  2:17  1-4;  Clontarf  Jr., 
2:24  1-4;  B.  R.  C,  afterwards  raced  in 
Canada  under  the  name  of  Prince  Rupert, 
2:191-4;  Mardel,  2:151-4,  and  the  famous 
matinee  trotter,  Earl  Iving,  afterwards  owned 
by  Flollis  Gallup.  Mr.  Gove  resides  at  25 
Hooker  Street,  Allston,  Mass. 


JOHN    W.    ELLIS 

John  W.  Ellis  was  born  in  Woonsocket, 
R.  I.,  and  joined  the  Metropolitan  Driving 
Club  in  1914.  He  is  one  of  the  successful 
business  men  of  his  native  state,  and  presi- 
dent and  manager  of  the  Providence  Gas  Co. 

Mr.  Ellis  has  owned  a  horse  having  speeci 
for  the  past  fifty  years,  and  enjoys  the  sport 
of  amateur  racing  as  well  now  as  ever.  He 
has  never  raced  a  horse  for  money  or  a 
purse,  owning  them  for  their  good  road 
qualities  or  for  speedway  purposes. 

In  illustration  of  his  devotion  to  his  horse 
is  of  one  he  purchased  when  a  four-year-old 
and  gave  a  respectable  burial  when  he  was 
twenty  years  old,  and  he  always  declares 
that  the  horse  was  the  best  he  ever  owned. 

The  season  of  1914,  Mr.  Ellis  raced  the 
prominent  speedway  performer,  Martha  G., 
and  was  very  successful  with  her  in  the 
matinees  at  Charles  River  Speedway,  win- 
ning many  blue  ribbons,  she,  as  always, 
being  a  hard  proposition  to  beat.  In  the 
handling  of  this  mare,  Mr.  Ellis  shov/ed  he 
was  adept  in  driving.  Coming  to  the  club 
almost  a  stranger,  many  supposed  that  the 
racing  part  of  the  sport  was  new  to  him,  but 
the  experience  of  fifty  )r.ears  of  brush  driving 
on  the  road  had  its  benefits,  as  was  soon 
demonstrated  by  the  expert  way  he  drove  the 
little  black  mare  to  repeated  victories. 

Martha  G.  had  made  history  at  Charles 
River  Speedway  in  the  hands  of  Fred  G. 
Garmon,  when,  in  the  Spring  series  of  1909, 
she  won  the  champion  cup  for  trotters,  and 
earned  a  record  of  i  :oo  3-4,  the  same  taken 
in  the  third  heat  of  her  race.  When  she  first 
came  to  the  speedway  she  was  capable  of 
showing  only  about  a  2  :40  gait,  but  her  im- 
provement was  rapid,  and  it  was  but  a  short 
time  before  she  was  capable  of  racing  with 
the  fastest  trotters  in  the  club.  Mr.  Ellis  re- 
sides at  Woonsocket,  R.  I. 


JOHN    O.   REAY 
A  Member  of  Several  Driving  Clubs  and  Has  Owned  Some  of  the  Fastest  Pacers  Raced 

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V.  C   BRUCE  WETMORE 

V.  C.  Bruce  Wetmore,  who  became  a 
member  of  the  MetropoHtan  Driving  Club  in 
1914,  is  one  of  the  leading  electrical  mer- 
chants of  Boston,  being  senior  member  of 
the  firm  of  Wetmore-Savage  Co.,  at  76  Pearl 
Street.  While  one  of  the  new  members  of 
the  club,  yet  he  entered  the  sport  of  matinee 
racing  with  the  spirit  that  promises  well  for 
his  future  success  on  the  speedway.  The 
horses  he  raced  in  1914  were  Miss  Zombro 
and  Merrywise,  the  latter  with  a  trial  of 
2:18  1-4  over  a  half-mile  track,  and  these  two 
gathered  in  their  share  of  the  blue  ribbons. 
He  also  owns  the  speedy  mare,  Fancy  Maid. 
Mr.  Wetmore  is  a  member  of  the  B.  A.  A., 
Boston  Yacht  Club,  Exchange  Club,  the 
Algonquin  Club,  and  belongs  to  the  Masonic 
fraternitv.     He  resides  at  Westford,  Mass. 


J.   O.   REAY 

J.  O.  Reay  was  born  in  Eminence,  Ky.,  in 
1872,  and  was  graduated  from  the  Eminence 
College.  He  came  to  Boston  in  1900,  as  man- 
ager of  the  Queen  City  Printing  Ink  Co.,  lo- 
cated at  125  Purchase  Street.  He  joined  the 
Metropolitan  Driving  Club  in  1909,  the  Dor- 
chester in  1910,  the  Hampden  Club  of  Spring- 
field in  the  same  year,  and  the  Old  Colony  in 
1912;  and,  as  he  also  belongs  to  the  Elks,  he 
can  be  called  quite  a  joiner,  particularly  of 
matinee  clubs.  He  was  on  the  matching  com- 
mittee of  the  Metropolitan  the  season  of  1912. 

Mr.  Reay's  native  town  was  located  forty 
miles  -from  Lexington,  and,  as  is  well  known, 
the  atmosphere  of  the  "blue  grass"  country 
has  always  produced  a  lover  of  the  horse,  so 
it  was  in  the  case  of  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  who  might  well  be  said  to  have  been 
born  and  raised  among  horses. 

In  the  first  eight  years  of  his  residence  in 
Boston  he  was  so  busy  establishing  his  busi- 
ness that  being  interested  in  horses  was  out 
of  the  question ;  but  in  1908  he  branched  out 
and  purchased  of  Benjamin  A.  Ball,  of  the 
New  York  Life  Insurance  Co.,  two  brood 
mares  and  two  colts.  He  sold  one  of  these 
mares,  Lantar,  2:13  1-4,  to  Dr.  C.  A.  Thomp- 
son, who  matineed  the  mare  in  the  Metropoli- 
tan Club  races  for  several  years.  The  other 
mare,  Pure  Gold,  he  bred  to  Bingen,  2  :o6  1-4, 
the  produce  being  Gold  Bingen,  2:21-1-4. 
Gold  I'iingen,  as  a  two-year-old,  showed 
promise  of  being  a  fast  trotter  and  was  sent 
to  Tommy  Murphy,  at  Macon,  Ga.,  to  winter 
and  train.  As  a  three-year  old  he  showed  a 
mile  in  2:14.  Gold  Bingen,  in  his  four-year- 
old  form,  was  given  a  few  races  by  Mr.  Reay, 
but  went  lame  and  was  sent  to  Springfield, 
Ohio,  for  a  season  in  the  stud.  In  1912  he 
was  at  the  home  of   Great  Heart,   in   Cold- 


water,  Mich.,  and  during  the  season  of  1914 
he  was  in  Flemingsburg,  Ky.,  at  Hart  Bros. 
Farm. 

In  1908  Mr.  Reay  bought  Vesta  Boy, 
2  :o5  1-4,  and  won  thirteen  out  of  fourteen 
races  with  him  in  the  free-for-alls  over  New 
England  tracks.  The  only  race  he  lost  was  to 
John  McEwen  at  Brockton  Fair,  and  he  won 
two  heats  in  the  race.  His  greatest  race  was 
when  he  defeated  Jenny  W.  at  Nashua,  N.  H., 
just  after  she  had  made  a  Vermont  state  rec- 
ord at  Barton,  Vt.  He  was  matched  to  race 
for  $2,000  at  Great  Barrington  with  Aileen 
Wilson,  2  :o2  1-2,  in  1909,  but  the  race  had  to 
be  called  oft  on  account  of  the  lameness  of 
Vesta  Boy. 

The  old  war  horse,  Gallagher,  2:03  1-2,  won 
ten  straight  races  for  Mr.  Reay  over  half-mile 
tracks,  breaking  four  track  records,  and  was 
the  largest  money-winning  pacer  in  New  Eng- 
land in  the  season  of  1910.  He  appeared  at 
the  big  interclub  meet  of  the  Greater  Boston 
Driving  Clubs  at  Combination  Park,  that  sea- 
son, and  defeated  Reliance  and  a  good  field  of 
fast  pacers  in  i  :o2  1-4  and  i  :o3  1-4,  materi- 
ally helping  the  Metropolitan  Club  to  win  the 
championship  driving  club  cup. 

He  next  owned  We  Lead,  2  wj  1-4,  and  then 
Goldie  Dillard,  2:11  1-4,  Cresceus  Boy,  Onoto 
B.,  Ed.  Direct,  and  George  Decker. 

The  first  horse  that  he  ever  matineed  was 
George  Decker,  with  the  Metropolitans  at 
Charles  River  Speedway,  and  he  was  the  worst 
puller  that  a  man  could  imagine.  Mr.  Reay 
got  John  Trout  to  drive  the  gelding  one  after- 
noon, and  when  he  found  out  that  even  he 
could  not  hold  him,  it  so  discouraged  Mr.  Reay 
that  he  gave  him  a  quick  sale. 

He  then  bought  Weslc}'  Summers,  with 
which  he  had  great  success  in  the  amateur 
races  during  1912,  he  winning  the  point  cup 
with  nine  firsts  and  one  second,  the  only  horse 
beating  him  being  Chief  Wilkie,  and  he  had 
beaten  the  Chief  the  week  before  in  a  handi- 
cap race,  having  a  fifty-foot  start.  Wesley 
Summers  won  39  points  out  of  a  possible  41, 
the  largest  percentage  of  points  that  any  pacer 
ever  won  at  the  Metropolitan  Club  races.  While 
owned  by  Mr.  Reay  he  won  21  blue  ribbons 
and  six  reds  in  27  starts. 

Russell  Pointer,  2:22  1-4,  was  the  next 
pacer  Mr.  Reay  owned  and  he  had  a  lot  of 
enjoymen.t  in  beating  Mardell  and  Spini  on 
one  Winter's  afternoon,  but  for  some  reason 
Russell  Pointer  and  his  owner  did  not  get 
along  very  well  and  they  parted  company. 

Mr.  Reay  then  bought  the  pacer,  Kid 
Downey,  2:16  1-4,  that  he  had  seen  finish  sec- 
ond at  Bangor,  Me.,  in  the  big  races  there  in 
1913,  in  2:121-4.     Mr.  Reay  had  trouble  in 


LOUISE  E.  (Wagon  Record),  2:10  3-4 
OnlyBoston  Winner  in  Big  Interclub  Meet  at  Readville  Track.     Owned  by  William  H.  Emerson 


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getting  Kid  Downey  to  step  around  the  turns 
at  the  Charles  River  half-mile  track  without 
breaking,  and  the  result  was  that  he  went 
the  way  of  the  previous  ones — to  a  new  owner. 

At  the  Old  Glory  sale,  the  Fall  of  1913,  Mr. 
Reay  bought  the  pacing  queen,  Ruth  D., 
2  :o6  1-4,  her  record  made  over  a  mile  track, 
and  that  had  won  a  heat  in  2  :o6  1-2  on  a  half- 
mile  course.  In  the  Spring  series  of  1914  she 
made  Chief  Wilkie  lower  the  track  record  to 
I  :o4,  and  the  week  before  that  she  had  won  a 
very  creditable  victory  over  the  Chief.  On  June 
:22,  she  equaled  the  same  mark,  in  a  race  with 
Miss  Adbell,  the  matinee  marking  the  occasion 
■of  the  opening  of  the  new  club  stables.  Ruth 
D.  has  the  credit  of  being  the  only  pacer  hold- 
ing equal  honors  with  Chief  Wilkie  at  the 
Charles  River  half-mile  track,  as  each  has  the 
track  record  of  i  \o\  and  defeated  each  other 
once  in  the  only  two  races  in  which  they  met. 

The  Fall  of  1914  Mr.  Reay  bought  the 
pacer,  Star  Patch,  2  104  1-4. 

Not  only  is  Mr.  Reay  an  enthusiastic  mem- 
b)er  of  several  driving  clubs,  he  always  being 
within  reach  when  anything  is  to  be  accom- 
plished or  wanted,  but  Mrs.  Reay  is  equally 
as  fond  of  the  sport  as  is  her  husband.  She 
is  an  active  member  of  the  Ladies'  Auxiliary 
of  the  Metropolitans,  doing  much  in  promot- 
ing the  organization  with  her  sister  members. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reay  reside  at  Newton  High- 
lands, Mass.,  and  have  three  beautiful  chil- 
dren. 


WILLIAM   H.   EMERSON 

William  H.  Emerson  is  one  of  the  leading 
business  men  of  Boston,  with  his  address  at 
184  Summer  Street.  He  was  one  of  the  early 
members  of  the  Metropolitan  Driving  Club, 
as  he  was  also  of  the  Gentlemen's  Driving- 
Club  of  Boston,  and  the  Fellsway  Club.  He 
is  past  president  of  the  Boston  Shoe  Asso- 
ciates, which  office  he  held  three  years. 

Mr.  Emerson  was  very  prominent  in  the 
matinees  of  the  Metropolitan  Club  at  Charles 
River  Speedway,  and  the  amateur  meets  at 
Readville,  his  favorite  being  the  pacing  mare, 
Louise  E.,  2:11  3-4,  and  with  a  matinee  record 
of  2:103-4,  to  wagon.  The  Fall  she  was  a 
two-year-old  Mr.  Emerson  purchased  Louise 
E.,  from  the  Martin  Farm,  Pittsfield,  Me. 
She  was  delivered  to  Mr.  Emerson  the  fol- 
lowing Spring,  when  she  was  first  fitted  to  a 
set  of  shoes. 

Charles  Lockwood  developed  the  mare, 
teaching  her  to  go  without  the  aid  of  hopples, 
and  started  her  in  a  few  professional  races  the 
season  she  was  a  four-year-old.  The  follow- 
ing season  she  took  the  word  in  nine  races, 
winning  two  and  getting  second  money  in 
four. 


Louise  E.'s  principal  amateur  events  will 
here  be  given  space,  and  a  worthy  name  she 
made  for  herself.  Li  the  season  of  1905  she 
won  the  speed  cup  at  the  Charles  River 
Speedway,  lowering  the  pacing  record  to 
i  :o2,  a  reduction  of  2  1-2  seconds  from  the 
previous  record,  made  by  Phoebon  W. 

In  1906  was  the  great  interclub  meet  at 
Readville  track,  in  which  competed  the  fast- 
est trotters  and  pacers  owned  in  the  Cleve- 
land, New  York,  Syracuse,  Memphis  and 
Boston  Driving  Clubs.  Mr.  Emerson  and 
Louise  E.  represented  the  Boston  Club,  the 
mare  being  driven  by  George  A.  Graves. 
There  were  thirteen  races  in  the  meet,  and, 
had  it  not  been  for  Louise  E.,  the  Boston  club 
would  have  passed  without  having  secured  a 
single  victory. 

Pitted  against  the  daughter  of  Gov.  Bod- 
well  were  the  best  amateur  pacers  in  the 
country,  eligible  to  the  2:13  pace.  Few,  even 
of  her  friends,  had  an  idea  that  Louise  E. 
could  more  than  make  a  decent  showing,  but 
the  result  demonstrated  of  what  material  she 
was  made  In  straight  heats  she  led  the  field 
to  the  wire,  and  the  second  one  was  in  the 
last  time  of  2:103-4,  a  whole  second  faster 
than  her  professional  record,  made  later  to 
sulky.  The  complete  summary  of  the  event 
follows : 

Readville,  Mass.,  Sept.  4,  1906.    2:13  class,  pacing; 
prize,  $100  cup. 
W.   H.  Emerson's    (Boston)    b.   m.,   Louise  E. 

(Mr.  Graves)    i     i 

F.   G.  Jones'    (Memphis)    blk.   g.,    William   O. 

(Mr.   Jones)    3     2 

C.    S.    Averill's    (Syracuse)    br.    m.,    Amblem' 

(Mr.  Averill)    2     3 

George   R.  Hall's    (Boston)    b.   m.,    Nellie    S. 

(Mr.   Hall)- : 4     4 

Dr.   H.    D.    Gill's    (New  York)    ch.    m..   Sue 

Di.K    (Mr.    Gill)     6     5 

Walter  Jermyn's   (New  York)   b.  g.,  Barnetto 

(Mr.  Jermyn)    5     6 

Time — 2:12,  2:103-4. 

The  following  Winter,  or  to  be  exact,  on 
February  12,  1907,  Louise  E.  again  came  to 
the  rescue  of  the  fjoston  horses,  the  occasion 
lieing  the  interclub  meet  between  the  Metro- 
politan and  Concord,  N.  H.,  clubs  at  the 
Charles  River  Speedway.  In  this  series  of 
races  the  Metropc>litan  succeeded  in  winning 
six  of  the  ten  events,  but  it  was  the  unex- 
pected defeat  of  the" Concord  entry,  Palatka, 
Jr.,  by  Louise  E.  that  gave  the  home  club  the 
honors.  The  time  of'  the  heats  was  31  1-4 
and  31  seconds. 

Another  victory  of  merit  for  the  trim  little 
mare,  was  at  Combinaion  Park,  Medford,  on 
September  25,  1909,  in  the  interclub  meet  be- 
tween the  Dorchester,  Lynn,  Quannapowitt 
and  Fellsway  Clubs.  Louise  E.  represented 
Fellsway  in  this  turf  Ijattle,  and  she  was 
against   Lady  Laurin,   from  the   Lynn   Club, 


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ROBERT  E.  THOMPSON 
Well  Known  Trainer  and  Driver 


J.  VERNON  STEELE 
One  of  the  First  Members  of  Metropolitan  Club 


JOHN   M.   JOHNSON 
A  Successful  Breeder  of  Trotters 


MONROE  GOODSPEED 
Old-Time  Road  Driver 


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but  the  race  was  over  in  straight  heats.  Louise 
E.,  in  lOio,  went  to  New  York,  and  was 
prominent  there  on  the  speedway,  she  racing 
with  the  best  pacers  for  several  seasons.  In 
the  Fall  of  1914  she  was  purchased  by  Dr. 
J.  D.  Thompson,  she  once  more  coming  to  the 
Charles  River  Speedway.  Mr.  Emerson  re- 
sides in  Newton,  Mass. 


FRED   C.   GARMON 

Fred  C.  Garmon  was  born  in  Laconia, 
N.  H.,  in  1858,  and  was  graduated  from  the 
Tilton,  N.  H.,  Seminary.  In  1892  he  entered 
the  employ  of  Browning,  King  &  Co.,  of  Bos- 
ton, and  showed  such  ability  as  a  business  man 
that  he  soon  became  manager  of  their  large 
clothing  store.  He  became,  later  on,  one  of  the 
firm  of  Leopold  Morse  Company,  Boston, 
where  he  remained  until  1913.  AVith  the  open- 
ing of  the  John  F.  Fitzgerald  Clothing  Co., 
Mr.  Garmon  became  manager  of  the  con- 
cern. He  joined  the  Metropolitan  Driving 
Club  in  1904.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
the  Masons  and  of  the  Elks.  Mr.  Garmon  has 
been  on  the  board  of  directors,  one  of  the  ex- 
ecutive committee,  and  in  1910  was  elected 
president  of  the  Metropolitan  Club,  which  po- 
sition he  held  for  three  terms,  with  the  excep- 
tion- of  a  few  months,  when  he  resigned  on  ac- 
count of  press  of  business  matters  and  was 
succeeded  for  the  remainder  of  the  year  by 
C.  S.  Spencer. 

Mr.  Garmon  has  always  been  a  prominent 
factor  in  the  matinees  of  the  club.  He  is  very 
apt  in  the  handling  of  a  horse,  his  clever  work 
with  Martha  G.  being  one  of  the  sensations 
of  amateur  racing  in  Greater  Boston.  Tak- 
ing this  mare  with  the  speed  capacity  of  about 
2 :40,  he  started  her  improvement  until  she 
was  acknowledged  one  of  the  fastest  trotters 
on  the  Charles  River  Speedwa}',  one  of  her 
winning  heats  being  in  i  :oo  3-4.  She  was 
later  sent  to  Providence,  and  there  became 
champion  of  the  speedway  by  earning  a  rec- 
ord of  I  :02  3-4,  the  speedway  of  that  city  be- 
ing somewhat  slower  than  that  of  the  course 
used  by  the  Metropolitan  Club,  and,  in  1914 
she  was  again  one  of  the  stars  at  Charles  River 
Speedwav.  Mr.  Garmon  raced  in  the  Fall 
series  of  1914  the  stallion  George  N.,  by  Al- 
liewood,  2  :09  1-2.  out  of  Little  Better.,  2:11  1-4, 
that  had  worked  Readville  track  in  2:07   1-4. 

Others  of  prominence  that  Mr.  Garmon 
has  raced  in  the  matinees  are  Hulman, 
2:13  1-4;  Torreon,  2:16;  Mattie  March, 
2:141-4;  Red  Bird,  2:20;  Mokello,  2:201-2; 
Nettie  Margrave,  2:201-2;  George  Scoffield, 
2:24  1-4;  Alvolo,  2:24  3-4,  and  Forest  Bin- 
gen  with  a  matinee  record  of  i  :03.  Mr.  Gar- 
mon resides  at  889  Watertown  St.,  West  New- 
ton, Mass. 


w.  J.  McDonald 

W.  J.  McDonald  in  his  twenty  years  in 
Boston  at  the  head  of  the  real  estate  busi- 
ness at  95  Milk  Street,  has  placed  his  name 
along  with  the  foremost  men  wdio  are  identi- 
fied in  the  city's  affairs.  He  is  on  the 
board  of  directors  of  the  Real  Estate  Ex- 
change, which  governs  all  dealings  in  real 
estate  in  Greater  Boston.  He  is  also  on  the 
board  of  directors  of  the  Market  Trust  Co. 
and  the  Massachusetts  Trust  Co. 

Not  only  is  Mr.  McDonald  a  power  in  his 
business,  but  he  is  recognized  in  horse  cir- 
cles as  owning  the  leading  matinee  stable  of 
New  England.  It  was  in  1906  that  he  be- 
came a  member  of  the  Metropolitan  Club, 
just  the  time  that  the  club  was  in  need  of 
stirring  members,  filled  with  red  blood  of  en- 
ergy, and,  in  Mr.  McDonald,  the  organiza- 
tion secured  one  who  has  since  been  a  big 
aid  in  placing  it  in  the  position  it  now  holds 
among  the  driving  clubs  of  all  New  England. 
This  he  has  accomplished,  mostly,  with  his 
matinee  horses,  as,  wdiile  he  has  been  most 
liberal  with  his  wealth  on  all  occasions  when 
called  upon,  yet  the  only  official  office  he 
could  be  induced  to  hold  was  on  the  board 
of  directors. 

It  was  perhaps  fortunate  that  for  his  start 
in  speedway  racing  his  first  performer  was 
the  pacing  gelding  Claymos,  2  :o7  3-4,  for  not 
only  did  this  gelding  give  Mr.  McDonald 
many  a  good  ride  to  victory  in  the  fast  pacing 
events,  but  one  afternoon  he  tramped  the 
half-mile  on  the  upper  road,  straightaway, 
at  the  Charles  River,  in  the  remarkable  time 
of  57  3-4  seconds,  which  is  still  the  record  for 
that  piece  of  racing  dirt. 

With  such  speed  as  this  there  can  be  no 
wonder  that  the  spirit  of  racing  was  thorough- 
ly imbued  in  the  veins  of  Mr.  McDonald,  and 
that  since  those  days  he  has  steadily  strength- 
ened his  string  of  matinee  and  speedway 
horses. 

In  his  day  John  Shepard  was  well  known 
as  the  king-pin  of  Boston  road  drivers,  but 
his  stable  barely  covered  more  than  a  couple 
of  fast  trotters  at  any  one  time.  George  G. 
Hall  long  held  the  top  as  the  owner  and  driver 
of  matched  pairs  that  could  sweep  all  before 
them  when  pitted  against  rival  pairs,  but 
neither  Mr.  Shepard  nor  Mr.  Hall  have  at- 
tempted to  boom  the  speedway  sport,  possi- 
blv  for  the  reason  that  both  had  arrived  at 
the  age  when  it  was  deemed  imprudent  for 
them  to  partake  in  speedway  racing  when  this 
sport  became  popular. 

Be  that  as  it  may.  however,  Mr.  McDonald 
is  one  who  realizes  real  happiness  when  in 
the  thickest  of  speedway  battle.  Sitting  back 
of  one  of  his  fleet-footed  trotters  or  pacers  in 


LADY  HILTON 
Winner  of  Point  Cup  of  Metropolitan  Club  the  Season  of  1904. 
Owned  by  E.  C.  Smith,  and  Mrs.  Smith  is  Holding  the  Halter 


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M'LLE     SILVER 
A  Picture  in  Conformation  and  in  Action.     Owned  by  A.  G.  King,  Cambridge,  Mass. 


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combat  with  an  opponent,  giving  him  a  race 
for  the  honors  from  start  to  finish,  and  at 
the  very  end  barely  having  sufficient  speed  to 
win  by  inches,  is  tonic  to  his  nerves  tliat  notli- 
ing  else  can  duplicate. 

Like  any  true  sportsman,  of  course,  Mr. 
McDonald  dearly  loves  to  drive  the  winner. 
If  he  finds  that  what  he  has  in  equine  flesh 
has  -not  the  ability  to  more  than  hold  its  own 
it  has  been  his  motto  to  buy  another  with 
that  capacity  :  hence  it  is  that  his  stable  of 
today,  and  in  the  past  few  years,  has  won  more 
than  four  hundred  blue  ribbons  in  competi- 
tion with  the  fastest  trotters  and  pacers  in 
Greater  Boston. 

Mr.  McDonald  is  a  natural  horseman. 
From  the  beginning  he  had  the  rare  ability 
of  getting  from  a  horse  all  that  he  could  give 
in  a  race.  In  this,  possibly,  Mr.  McDonald 
was  fortunate  in  having  secured  for  his  tutor, 
at  his  start  in  matinee  racing,  so  able  a  reins- 
man  and  all-around  horseman  as  A.  J.  Fur- 
bush. 

First  in  the  heart  of  Air.  }iIcDonald  comes 
the  grand  pacing  gelding.  Chief  Wilkie, 
2:123-4,  who  held  the  pacing  championship 
of  Charles  River  Speedway  for  eight  sea- 
sons. In  winning  more  than  100  rates  he 
placed  the  straightaway  record  for  the  regu- 
lar speedway  at  58  seconds,  his  opening  heat 
that  day  being  in  59  seconds,  and  is  joint 
holder  of  the  half-mile  track  record  of  i  104, 
made  in  the  Spring  series  of  1914.  He  has 
to  his  credit  that  no  pacer  ever  defeated  him 
but  he,  in  turn,  was  later  returned  the  con- 
queror. The  ones  having  won  from  Chief 
Wilkie  are,  however,  about  as  scarce  as  hens 
teeth.  On  the  snow  Chief  Wilkie  has  a  rec- 
ord of  29  3-4  seconds,  the  speedway  record. 

In  the  trotting  gelding  Demarest,  2  ;o6  1-4, 
Mr.  McDonald  owned  the  champion  of  his 
gait  at  the  speedway.  The  year  of  1912 
Demarest  never  met  with  a  defeat,  either  in 
the  Spring  or  the  Fall  series.  In  a  winning 
race  he  secured  the  trotting  record  of 
I  :04  3-4  for  the  half-mile  track,  while  over 
the  straightaway  he  has  won  a  heat  in 
I  :oo  1-4. 

Don  Labor.  2:051-4,  was  purchased  by 
Mr.  McDonald  in  the  season  of  1914,  and 
raced  in  the  Fall  series  of  matinees.  As  he 
was  started  with  hardly  any  training,  having 
Ijeen  running  out  the  early  part  of  the  year, 
he  never  was  in  proper  condition  to  displa}' 
his  best  efforts.  Much  better  things  are  ex- 
pected from  him  in  the  sleighing  and  in  the 
191 5  matinees. 

Of  the  other  present  occupants  of  the  Mc- 
Donald matinee  stable  that  have  been  promi- 
nent in  the  Charles  River  Speedway  races 
are:  Miss  Adbell,  2:061-4;  LaBoudie,  2:10; 


Directum  Regent,  2:091-4;  Orale,  2:171-2, 
trotting,  2:161-4,  pacing;  The  Counsellor, 
2  W]  1-4;  Mendell,  2  :2i ;  Ecce  Volo,  2  :29  1-4; 
Mediumore,  2:12  1-2;  Hal-at-Law,  2:10  3-4; 
Virginia  Hill,  2  Wj  1-2  ;  Anita  Knight,  2  :20  1-4, 
and  Castle  Todd.  Mr.  McDonald  resides  in 
Allston,  Mass. 


JOHN  M.  JOHNSON 

John  M.  Johnson  was  born  in  Norwalk, 
Conn.,  in  1856,  and  received  his  education  in 
the  schools  of  that  city  and  in  Malone,  N.  Y. 
He  started  in  the  wool  and  tanning  business 
in  St.  John,  N.  B.,  in  1879,  and  later  also 
had  large  interests  in  Calais,  Me.,  of  which 
city  he. was  Mayor  for  three  terms  and  rep- 
resentative in  the  State  Legislature.  So  ex- 
tensive became  his  business  that,  in  1900,  he 
opened  offices  in  Boston  for  the  conducting 
of  the  wool  and  tanning  output. 

]\Ir.  Johnson  is  a  member  of  the  Metropoli- 
tan Club  and  of  the  Gentlemen's  Driving 
Club  of  Boston.  He  filled  the  position  of 
vice-president  of  the  Metropolitan  in  1914- 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  National  Trotting 
Association,  and  in  the  past  has  been  presi- 
dent of  the  New  England  Trotting  Horse 
Breeders'  Association,  president  of  the  Maine 
Breeders'  Association,  president  of  the  Grand 
Circuit,  and  director  in  the  American  Trot- 
ting Horse  Breeders'  Association  of  America. 

When  eig'hteen  years  of  age  Mr.  Johnson 
bought  his  first  colt,  and  it  took  every  cent 
that  he  had.  But  the  venture  proved  unsuc- 
cessful, as  the  colt  got  kicked  and  had  to  be 
killed.  The  next  dip  in  the  horse  line  was  in 
buying  a  brood  mare  by  Mambrino  Charter,, 
which  he  bred  to  Olympus,  selling  the  foal  for 
$700  to  go  A'Vest.  His  first  real  trotter  was 
Lady  Sim,  2:31  1-4,  which  secured  the  honor 
of  holding  the  Maritime  record  for  mares. 
Later  he  goi  the  pacer,  Ituna,  2:10,  and  she 
earned  the  j\Iaritime  record  for  pacing  mares. 
He  bought  Kwanon,  2:121-4,  at  the  Allen 
Farm,  when  he  was  a  colt,  and  after  racing 
him  sold  him  to  George  Van  Dyke  for  $3,500. 

In  1898  Mr.  Johnson  purchased  at  the 
Forbes'  sale,  held  at  the  Forbes  Farm,  the 
brood  mare,  Fanella,  2:13,  at  that  time  car- 
rying Sadie  Mac,  2:06  1-4,  which  foal  he  sold 
when  she  was  a  yearling  for  $4,000.  Todd, 
2:143-4,  he  bred  and  sold  when  a  two-year- 
old  for  $4,coo.  He  was  one  of  the  syndicate 
that  purchased  Cochato  for  $10,000,  and  the 
colt  later  won  the  Hartford  Futurity  and  was 
sold  for  a  large  sum. 

Mr.  Johnson  bought  the  Forbes  Farm,  in 
Ponkapoag,  Mass.,  and  renamed  it  the  John- 
son Farm.  In  his  breeding  venture  he  was 
most  successful,  the  list  of  high-priced  and 
record  trotters  he   bred  and  owned  l^eine  a 


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WM.   RUSSELL  ALLEN 
Proprietor  of  the  Famous  Allen  Farm 


Photo  from  Boston  Globe 

SIMON  W.  PARLIN 
Prominent   Turf    Editor 


HENRY  W.  BURRESS 
The  Well-Known  Starting  Judge 


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most  extensive  one,  as  the  following  amply 
shows : 

Direct  Hal,  Jr.,  2  :o6  1-2 ;  Electric  Todd, 
2:09  1-2;  Directum  Regent,  2:09  1-4;  Nancy 
McKerron,  2:10  1-2;  The  Exponent,  2:11  3-4; 
Capt.  Aubrey,  2  :o7  1-4;  Todd's  Echo,  2  :2i  1-4; 
Echo  Todd,  2:26  1-4;  Auella,  2:20  1-2;  Lizzie 
Gerow,  2:191-2;  Tom  Phair,  2:141-4; 
Guiterman  (2),  2:241-2;  Melva  J.,  2:101-2; 
George  Gay,  2:16  1-2;  Mayor  Todd,  2:18  1-4; 
Day  Book,  2  :o9  3-4 ;  Directum  Miller, 
2:051-4;  Lord  Roberts,  2:071-4;  Silver 
Baron,  2:101-4;  Baron  Silver,  2:253-4; 
Oakley  Baron,  2:23;  Aquilin,  2:193-4; 
Prodigal  Bingen,  2  :i6  1-2  ;  Dingola,  2:13  1-4 ; 
Nellie  Boca,  2:183-4;  Craydon,  2:183-4; 
Arion  Todd,  2:15  1-4;  Bingen  the  Great, 
2:19  1-2. 

Mr.  Johnson  besides  Fanella,  before  men- 
tioned, has  owned  the  prominent  brood  mares 
Nancy  Hanks,  2:04;  May  Fern,  2:111-2; 
Rubber,  2:10;  Ligera,  2:273-4,  the  dam  of 
Bingara  ;  Delagoa,  dam  of  Melva  J.,  2  :io  1-2  : 
Improvidence,  2:12;  Regent's  Last,  dam  of 
Direct  Hal,  Jr.,  2:063-4,  etc.  Mr.  Johnson 
resides  in  the  Back  Bay,  Boston,  Mass. 


MONROE  GOODSPEED 

Monroe  Goodspeed  was  born  in  Montgom- 
ery, Vt.,  in  1842.  His  first  work  in  Boston 
was  driving  a  team,  in  i860,  for  Michael  Ale 
in  Medford.  He  then  went  to  work  for  Ed 
Holmes  in  Medford,  after  which  he  returned 
to  his  native  town  for  a  spell  and,  returning 
to  Boston,  drove  horse-cars.  He  started  in 
business  for  himself  in  1865,  being  one  of  the 
firm  of  Collins  &  Chase,  expressmen  in 
Brookline.  In  1874,  in  partnership  with 
Willard  Stone,  he  opened  a  boarding  and 
sale  stable  in  Brookline.  Soon  after  Mr. 
Stone  died  and  Mr.  Goodspeed  run  the  busi- 
ness himself.  He  is  now  located  in  the 
boarding  and  hacking  stable  at  316  Washing- 
ton Street,  Brookline. 

Mr.  Goodspeed  was  one  of  the  originators 
of  the  Metropolitan  Driving  Club.  He  at- 
tended the  first  meeting  held  in  Young's 
Hotel  and  was  elected  the  club's  first  treas- 
urer. He  has  since  held  the  office  of  vice- 
president  and  been  on  the  board  of  direc- 
tors. In  the  inception  of  the  club  Mr.  Good- 
speed  secured  many  new  members'.  He 
joined  the  Dorchester  Driving  Club  in  1908. 

Mr.  Goodspeed  has  always  been  one  of  the 
leading  road-drivers  of  Greater  Boston  and, 
occasionally,  he  owned  a  trotter  for  profes- 
sional racing.  Among  those  that  he  has 
owned  were  the  Whitney  Horse,  that  thirty 
years  ago  could  trot  in  2  :30,  which  was  then 
very     fast;     Zambia,     2:14     3-4;     Mahlon, 


2:13  1-4;  Navarro,  2:22  1-4;  Beadle,  that  was 
a  noted  performer  on  the  Mill  Dam  twenty- 
five  years  ago ;  "The  Colt,"  noted  on  the 
snowpath,  and  kept  by  Mr.  Goodspeed  until 
he  was  twenty-three  years  old,  when  he  had 
him  killed;  Helen  Gould,  2:14  1-4;  Starlight, 
2:281-4;  Olivette,  2:31  1-4,  one  of  the  most 
stylish  mares  ever  seen  in  Boston  or  vicinity ; 
and  Goodspeed,  with  a  matinee  record  of 
I  :o2  1-2,  the  last  trotter  Mr.  Goodspeed  drove 
in  matinee  racing.  Mr.  Goodspeed  also  bred, 
in  connection  with  Henry  M.  Whitney,  the 
noted  performers.  Miss  Whitney,  2  :o7  1-2, 
and  Whitney,  2:121-2.  Mr.  Goodspeed  re- 
sides at  19  Waverly  Street,  Brookline,  Mass. 


ROBERT  E.  THOMPSON 

Robert  E.  Thompson  was  born  in  Colerain, 
Mass.,  in  1868,  and  was  graduated  from  Arms 
Academy,  Shelburne  Falls,  Mass.  His  first 
work  in  Boston  was  in  the  employ  of  H.  B. 
Goodenough,  Brighton,  in  the  capacity  of 
foreman.  Later,  in  the  same  year,  he  opened 
the  stable  business  in  Brighton  for  himself, 
selling,  boarding  and  training  horses,  where 
he  is  still  located. 

Mr.  Thompson  was  one  of  the  first  mem- 
bers of  the  Metropolitan  Driving  Club,  and 
is  also  in  the  fraternal  order  of  Masons.  He 
has  been  a  leading  representative  in  the  mati- 
nee racing  at  Charles  River  Speedway ;  not 
only  driving  his  own  trotters  and  pacers  in 
the  events,  but  has  usually  been  kept  busy 
handling  the  reins  for  other  members  of  the 
club.  During  the  Summer  months,  too,  Mr. 
Thompson  devotes  considerable  of  his  time 
in  touring  the  local  half-mile  tracks  and  pick- 
ing up  some  of  the  purses  offered  in  profes- 
sional racing. 

In  this  way  he  has  given  the  following 
their  records:  Ben  Locanda,  2:103-4;  Whit- 
ten  Wilkes,  2:14;  Grade  Baron,  trotting, 
2:181-2,  pacing,  2:201-2;  On  Wilkes, 
2:141-2;  Lady  Bingen,  2:161-2;  MokellO; 
2 :20  1,-2 ;  Tony  D.,  2:161-4;  Ed  Wilkes, 
2:131-4;  Aristocrat,  2:251-2;  Binjolla, 
2:173-4;  Evelyn  B.,  2:291-2,  and  Commo- 
dore Bingen,  2:173-4. 

Others  he  raced,  but  did  not  give  records 
to  were  :  My  Star,  2  :o3  3-4 ;  Mattie  March, 
2:141-4;  Gallagher,  2:031-2;  Alice  Blair, 
Barbara  B.,  2:151-4;  Frank  S.,  2:081-4; 
Outcast,  2:171-4;  Bon  View,  2:151-4; 
Candy  Girl,  2:171-4;  McEwen  Belle, 
2:181-4;  Captain  Sampson,  2:121-4;  Peter 
Reed,  2:191-4,  winner  of  second  money  in 
$5,000  stake  at,  Augusta,  M'e.,  in  Hanks' 
Circuit,  and  Jay  Kay,  2:15  1-2.  Mr.  Thomp- 
son resides  at  36  Surrey  Street,  Brighton, 
Mass. 


SPIM,   2:15   1-4 
A  Prize  Cup  Winner  in  1912  at  Charles  River  Speedway;  also  of  a  Faber  Cart. 
Owned  by  Dr.  J.  D.  Thompson 


DEAN  SWIFT,  ;2:12  1-4 
Winner  of  Prize  Cups  in  Seasons  of  1908-09  at  ^Charles  River  Speedway.     Inset — Dr. 
C.  A.  Thompson,  Who  Drove  Dean  Swift 


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WM.  RUSSELL  ALLEN 

Wm.  Russell  Allen  is  known  in  all  quar- 
ters of  the  globe  as  the  breeder  of  trotting 
horses  of  fashionable  and  prepotent  blood,  but 
very  few  persons  are  aware  of  the  reason  for 
Mr.  Allen  having  his  extensive  breeding  estab- 
lishment— the  Allen  Farm — in  Pittsfield,  Mass. 
It  is  quite  well  known  how  he  was  a  success- 
ful business  man  in  the  Southwest,  amassing  a 
large  fortune,  and  now  owning  vast  interests 
in  that  section.  With  this  fact  in  mind  it 
might  be  supposed  that  Mr.  Allen  would  have 
located  his  farm  in  some  part  of  the  A^'est  or 
the  Southwest. 

In  locating  at  Pittstield,  though,  j\Ir.  Allen 
came  back  to  the  old  family  homestead.  His 
grandfather  was  the  first  minister  in  Pitts- 
field  and  took  part  in  the  Revolutionary  War 
at  the  battle  of  Bennington,  Vt.  Mr.  Allen's 
grandfather  lived  on  what  is  now  a  part  of 
the  Allen  Farm,  nearly  if  not  quite  loo  years 
ago,  and  Mr.  Allen's  father  built  a  home  in  ^ 
Pittsfield,  in  1857,  and  bought  another  farm 
in  1865,  which  has  not  been  out  of  the  family 
since  and  is  also  now  a  part  of  the  Allen  Farm. 
Mr.  Allen,  when  a  boy,  spent  ten  years  in 
Pittsfield,  which  intensified  his  longing,  while 
in  the  Southwest,  to  return  later  in  life  to  the 
scenes  and  associates  of  his  5'outhful  days. 

The  breeding  operations  of  the  proprietor 
of  the  Allen  Farm  commenced  in  1873,  when 
two  fast  road  mares  were  bred  to  Waltham, 
a  son  of  Hambletonian  (10).  From  these 
mares  came  one  colt  and  one  filly.  The  filly 
was  called  Pansy,  from  which  descended 
twenty-nine  trotters  in  41  years.  Of  these 
five  secured  records,  six  are  still  owned  at 
the  Allen  Farm,  five  have  died,  while  the  re- 
maining 18  sold  for  $6,425. 

To  illustrate  the  large  proportions  in  which 
the  breeding  of  trotters  has  been  carried 
on  at  the  Allen  Farm :  In  twenty-four  years, 
to  the  close  of  1913,  834  horses  were  bred  and 
146  horses  purchased,  a  total  of  980.  Of 
these  776  horses  were  sold  and  98  died,  leav- 
ing at  the  farm  106  horses.  Of  the  total  num- 
ber bred  and  bought,  233  have  taken  records 
of  2 :30  and  better,  and  it  must  be  remem- 
bered that  63  of  the  total  were  under  two 
years  of  age. 

In  the  years  that  Allen  Farm  has  been 
conducted  there  have  been  sold  from  its 
stables  trotters  that  have  gone  to  nearly  every 
state  in  the  I^nion,  while  twenty-four  have 
gone  to  Europe  and  thirty-three  have  gone  to 
Canada. 

During  the  twenty-four-year  period  named, 
there  have  been  used  at  the  farm  seventy 
stallions,  and  their  success  in  siring  pre- 
cocious speed  is  demonstrated  by  the  fact 
that  thirty-five  of  their  get  have  taken  records 


when  two  years  of  age,  and  fifty-five  earned 
their  way  into  the  2  130  list  at  three  years  of 
age. 

Space  would  not  permit  of  giving  the  com- 
plete list  of  fast  performers  bred  at  the  farm, 
like  Baden,  2:05  1-4,  the  largest  money-win- 
ner of  any  single  season  on  the  turf,  and 
Belvasia,  2:061-4;  Bergen,  2:063-4;  Binvo- 
lo,  2  ;o7  3-4,  etc.,  but  it  may  possibly  be  better 
used  in  telling  of  a  few  of  the  noted  stallions. 

Kremlin,  2  :o7  3-4,  Mr.  Allen  bought  when 
a  two-year-old  and  had  trained  to  the  world's 
trotting  stallion  record.  It  was  likely  the 
grand  turf  career  of  this  stallion  which 
brought  the  Allen  Farm  more  prominently 
before  the  public.  In  his  five-year-old  form 
he  was  not  only  the  champion,  but  he  won 
the  Transylvania  stake  over  a  crack  field  of 
starters,  and  in  his  campaign  secured  the  race 
records  at  Mystic,  Narragansett,  and  the 
Lexington,  Ky.,  tracks.  This  was  a  great 
test  that  he  was  not  a  fair  weather  trotter. 

While  Kremlin  has  made  a  name  for  him- 
self in  the  stud,  both  through  his  sons  and 
daughters  securing  fast  records,  and,  while 
seventeen  of  his  sons  have  their  get  in  the 
list,  yet  the  great  nick  has  been  in  blending 
the  blood  of  Kremlin  with  that  son  of  Bingen, 
— the  remarkable  sire  of  speed,  Bingara.  This 
Mr.  Allen  did  through  the  daughters  of 
Kremlin.  The  result  of  this  cross  has  been 
amply  demonstrated  in  the  public  careers  of 
such  trotters  as  Bisa,  2:101-4;  Bergen, 
2  :o6  3-4 ;  Bismya,  2  :o9  1-4 ;  Binvolo,  2  :o7  3-4, 
and  about  twenty  others  of  prominence. 

Bingara  was  a  yearlin.g  when  purchased  by 
Mr.  Allen,  and  he  was  never  trained,  never 
raced,  and  never  afterward  off  the  farm.  Be- 
fore Mr.  Allen  bought  him  he  had  worked, 
as  a  yearling,  an  eighth  in  19  seconds,  which 
makes  it  reasonable  to  believe,  that  had  he 
received  a  season's  framing  he  could  have 
gained  a  record  of  merit.  However,  his  suc- 
cess in  the  stud  has  been  so  great  that  it  is 
fortunate  that  he  was  not  placed  on  the  turf 
for  a  year. 

From  the  very  beginning  Bingara  gave 
promise  of  what  a  brilliant  future  there  was 
for  him,  as,  when  five  years  of  age,  he  got 
one  in  the  list,  the  two-year-old  Birri, 
2  :28  3-4.  The  next  year,  when  only  six,  he 
had  three  new  performers  in  Binvolo  (2). 
2:15  1-4;  Barra  (2),  2:29  1-2;  and  Bisa  (3), 
2 :27  3-4,  and  timed  in  a  race  in  2  :o8  3-4. 
When  seven  years  of  age  Bingara's  list  was 
increased  by  five  more  trotters,  and  so  the 
increase  has  been  each  year  since.  Of  the 
total  number  of  his  foals  that  have  been 
trained,  over  70  per  cent  have  taken  records 
of  2  :30  or  faster. 

Of  other  stallions  standing  at  the  farm  are 


VERNAG,   2:21    1-2 
A  Blue  Ribbon  Trotter  in  Metropolitan  Club  Matinees  of  1914.     Owned  and  Driven 

by  Edgar  F.    Power 


ROSE   BINGEN 
One  of  the  Promising  Young  Trotters  in  the  Metropolitan  Club.     Owned  and  Driven 

by  James  E.   Fitzgerald 


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Todd  Swift,  2:15  1-4,  by  Todd,  2:143-4,  out 
of  the  great  brood  mare,  Wyneta,  by  Wilkes 
Boy,  2:241-2;  the  stahion  Belgrad,  by  Bin- 
gara,  dam,  the  great  brood  mare,  Kama,  by 
Kremlin  ;  and  the  stallion  Bertini  (3),  2  :22  1-4, 
by  Bingen,  2:061-4,  dam  Kiel  (3),  2:293-4, 
by  Kremlin. 

No  man  attends  to  commercial  affairs 
with  better  system  than  does  Mr.  Allen  in 
running  the  Allen  Farm.  With  the  system 
of  bookkeeping  is  included  the  period  of 
gestation  of  each  mare  bred,  the  per  cent 
of  the  foals  that  are  colts  or  fillies,  a  bay  in 
color,  or  a  chestnut,  or  a  brown,  or  a  black, 
or  a  gray.  The  weight  of  each  colt  and  filh' 
is  also  recorded  at  birth. 

For  a  lover  of  horses,  indeed,  is  the  trip  to 
the  Allen  Farm  a  treat,  and  one  can  well 
spend  several  days  in  going  about  the  farm, 
seeing  the  trotters,  stallions,  brood  mares 
and  youngsters,  and  enjoying  the  grand 
scenery  for  which  Pittsfield  is  famous. 


J.  VERNON   STEELE 

J.  Vernon  Steele  was  born  in  Jamaica 
Plain,  Mass.,  in  1881,  and  received  his  educa- 
tion in  attending  schools  located  in  at  least 
six  of  the  different  states  of  the  Union.  In 
1899  lis  entered  the  employ  of  J.  Abbott 
Clarke,  Arlington,  Mass.,  as  clerk  in  his  real 
estate  ofBce.  He  started  in  business  for  him- 
self in  the  Fall  of  1903  in  the  manufacturing 
of  Gillian  horse  boots,  etc.,  at  Canton, 
Ohio.  He  is  at  present  in  the  wholesale 
produce  business,  29  South  Market  Street, 
Boston,  Mass.  He  became  a  member  of  the 
Metropolitan  Driving  Club  in  1905,  and  also 
belongs  to  the  Masons  and  the  Somerville 
Lodge  of  Elks. 

Mr.  Steele  has  been  interested  in  owning  a 
fast  horse  since  a  boy,  but  his  first  step  into 
prominence  was  with  C.  E.  H.,  trial  of 
2:16  1-2,  with  which  he  was  king-pin  of  the 
Arlington  snowpath  for  two  Winters.  In 
1905  he  owned  the  mare.  Lady  Rose,  which 
he  raced  with  success  in  the  matinees  at 
Charles  River  Speedway,  winning  the  point 
cup  for  pacers  in  the  Spring  series  of  that 
season.  In  professional  racing.  Air.  Steele 
became  prominent  in  the  campaign  of  Gvp 
Walnut,  2  :o8  1-4,  who  was  raced  over  the 
mile  tracks  with  credit.  He  also  had  out  the 
gelding,  Lexington,  2:17,  that  headed  many 
summaries  over  the  half-mile  tracks.  Mr. 
Steele  resides  in  West  Somerville,  Mass. 


Smith  &  Co.,  wholesale  dealers  in  butter, 
cheese,  eggs  and  poultry  at  33  Commercial 
Street,  Boston,  in  1892,  where  he  is  still  en- 
gaged in  business.  He  was  one  of  the 
original  members  of  the  Metropolitan  Driv- 
ing Club,  and  of  the  Fellsway  Driving  Club, 
and  also  belongs  to  the  Masonic  order  and 
the  Elks.  In  the  first  season  of  the  Metro- 
politan Club  matinees,  at  Charles  River 
Speedway  in  1904,  Mr.  Smith,  with  his  hand- 
some, clean-gaited  trotting  mare.  Lady  Hil- 
ton, won  the  point  cup  over  a  large  held  of 
contestants.  Among  others  that  he  raced  in 
the  matinees  were:  Lady  Wilkes,  Baron, 
Belle  Mack,  Victor  C,  Dotty  Direct,  Baron 
Gwynne,  Barney,  etc.  Mr.  Smith  resides  at 
22  Hudson  Street,  Somerville,  Mass. 


ERNEST  C.  SMITH 

Ernest  C.  Smith  was  born  in  East  Bethel, 
Vt.,  in  1876,  and  attended  the  schools  of  Mel- 
rose, Mass.    He  entered  the  employ  of  A.  M. 


SIMON  W.  PARLIN 

A  HISTORY  of  horsemen  of  New  England, 
in  fact  of  America  for  that  matter,  would  be 
deficient  if  a  reference  to  the  personality  and 
labors  of  Simon  W.  Parlin  were  omitted.  So 
long  did  his  nimble  pen  record  horse  events 
and  build  incontrovertible  arguments  on  the 
value  of  thoroughbred  blood  in  the  American 
light-harness  horse,  that  his  biography  as 
written  here  is  all  too  brief. 

Mr.  Parlin  began  in  1876  to  write  articles 
of  horse  interest  for  the  American  Culti- 
vator, out  of  which  grew  the  American  Horse 
Breeder  in  1882.  From  that  day  until  1912. 
when  he  retired  to  his  native  state  of  Maine, 
Mr.  Parlin's  editorial  comment  on  equine 
matters,  and  his  historical  articles,  were 
read  throughout  the  civilized  world  and  ac- 
cepted as  authentic. 

In  all  of  his  many  discussions  with  various 
editors  and  spasmodic  critics,  he  stoutly  and 
intelligently  maintained  his  position,  and.  in 
fact,  he  was  so  well  fortified  with  knowledg-e 
of  his  subject,  that  he  was  an  antagonist 
worthy  of  any  disputant's  steel. 

Mr.  Parlin's  book,  the  "American  Trotter," 
enjo}fed  a  large  circulation,  and  is  a  clas.sic 
of  horse  literature.  Mr.  Parlin  is  a  Civil 
War  veteran,  he  serving  in  a  Maine  Cavalry 
Company  throughout  the  war.  He  was  the 
first  secretary  of  the  New  England  Trotting 
Horse  Breeders'  Association  in  the  days 
when  the  Breeders'  meetings  were  held  at 
historic  Mystic  Park. 

A  scholar,  patriot,  and  withal  a  gentleman, 
dignified,  kindly,  and  lovable,  the  life  of 
Simon  W.  Parlin  will  ever  be  a  source  of 
inspiration  to  those  whose  good  fortune  it 
has  been  to  know  him. 


HENRY  W.  BURRESS 

Henry   W.    Burress   was    born    in    Canal 
Dover,  Ohio,  in   1842,  and  always  said  that 


J.  HENRY  RICHARDSON  AND  HIS  THORNDALE  STOCK  FARM,  ANDOVER,  MASS. 


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The  Former  Home  of  Noted  Stallion,  Daniel  Lambert,  and  Now  the  Home  of  the  Royally-bred 

Stallion,  Seumanee 


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he  received  his  education  in  the  best  school 
on  earth,  '''hustUng  for  bread."  When  ii 
years  of  age  he  began  riding  running  horses 
at  tracks  located  in  the  states  of  Ohio  and 
Kentucky.  Later  in  life  he  opened  a  public 
training  stable  in  the  Middle  West,  and  had 
some  of  the  best  trotters  and  pacers  of 
his  time  in  the  sulky.  Colt  training  was  Mr. 
Burress'  special  hobby,  and  he  points  with 
pride  to  having  broken  and  trained  Maud  S., 
when  she  was  a  two  and  a  three-year-old,  and 
declares  she  was  perfect  in  deportment,  not- 
withstanding all  that  was  said  against  her 
habits.  He  developed  The  Moose,  which  was 
Canada's  greatest  trotter  of  the  high  wheel 
sulky  days.  He  owned  the  stallion  Passen- 
ger (3),  2:30,  sire  of  Passenger  Charm, 
2:13  1-4,  etc.,  and  also  owned  Jack  Shackle- 
ford,  2:22;  Sister  Passenger,  Wm.  B.  Fasig, 
2:241-4,  and  a  number  of  others. 

New  England  horsemen,  though,  know 
Mr.  Burress  better  in  the  capacity  of  a  starting 
judge  than  in  the  training  of  horses.  It  was 
in  the  year  1887  that  he  appeared  in  the  East, 
his  work  in  the  stand  being  at  the  Old  Sau- 
gus  track  for  James  O.  Gray  and  W.  E.  Hitch- 
ings.  His  career  with  the  starter's  flag  was 
very  successful,  his  skill  in  getting  the  fields 
of  horses  away  with  little  scoring  and  on  their 
gait,  being  greatly  appreciated  by  both  the 
horsemen  and  the  grandstand  occupants. 
Mr.  Burress  started  horses  through  New 
England,  the  South,  Southwest  and  in  Canada. 

In  his  wide  experience  in  the  judges'  stands 
all  over  the  country,  Mr.  Burress  invented 
the  Time  Announcer,  which  flashes  the  time 
of  the  heats  almost  instantaneously  to  every 
part  of  the  course,  while  another  valuable 
acquisition  is  his  designating  numbers,  arm 
and  saddle  back.  These  inventions  are  be- 
coming generally  used  at  the  leading  race 
tracks.     Mr.  Burress  resides  in  Salem.,  N.  H. 


DR.  JOSEPH   DOUGLAS  THOMPSON 

Dr.  Joseph  Douglas  Thompson  was  born 
in  Sackville,  N.  B.,  in  1876.  He  received  his 
early  education  in  the  schools  of  his  native 
town,  and  was  graduated  from  Acadia  Col- 
lege and  the  Baltimore  (Md.)  College  of 
Dental  Surgery.  In  1900  he  opened  a  dental 
office  in  Newton  Upper  Ealls,  Mass.,  and  is 
located  at  present  at  11 56  Walnut  Street, 
Newton  Highlands,  Mass.  He  joined  the 
Metropolitan  Driving  Club  in  1905  and  has 
served  on  the  nomination  and  other  commit- 
tees. He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Masons, 
Odd  Fellows,  Encampment  and  Arcanum 
orders  of  fraternity. 

Dr.  Thompson  has  always  taken  a  great 
interest  in  matinee  racing,  particularly  on  the 
Charles  River  Speedway.     Soon  after  becom- 


ing a  member,  which  was  in  the  earlier  days 
of  the  club,  his  name  appeared  with  those 
entering  horses  and,  from  that  time  to  the 
present,  he  has  taken  a  very  prominent  part. 
His  partiality  was  a  speedy  pacer;  one  capa- 
ble of  leading  the  way,  but  not  of  tlie  hop- 
pled variety. 

One  long  remembered  by  the  devotees  of 
matinee  racing  in  Greater  Boston  was  Dean 
Swift,  2  :i2  1-4.  In  the  Spring  series  of  1908, 
this  smooth-going  little  gelding  captured  the 
second  point  cup  for  pacers.  In  the  Fall 
series  he  was  again  the  winner  of  the  second 
point  cup,  and  in  1909  he  carried  away  the 
first  point  cup  in  the  Spring  series. 

With  Edith  R.,  2:181-4;  Dr.  Thompson 
won  the  second  point  cup  for  pacers  the 
Spring  of  191 1.  The  season  of  1912  the 
doctor  first  raced  his  well-known  pacing 
gelding,  Spim,  2:151-4,  and  in  the  Spring 
series  won  the  first  point  cup,  having  cap- 
tured thirteen  heats  in  the  average  time  of 
1:0811-13;  and  Ihe  also  won  a  Faber  road 
cart.  Another  that  the  doctor  owned  and 
raced,  that  cut  a  wide  swath  in  local  matinee 
circles,  was  Trixie  S.,  2:141-2,  the  pacing 
mare  Dick  Lawrence  campaigned  with  suc- 
cess for  several  seasons  on  the  professional 
turf.  This  mare  proved  equally  at  home  on 
the  speedway,  and  won  many  a  clever  victory 
for  the  doctor  before  he  sold  her  to  R.  D. 
Stetson,  of  the  Old  Colony  Driving  Club, 
where  the  mare's  chain  of  victories  was 
continued.  Dr.  Thompson  resides  at  15 
Poorest  Street,   Newton   Highlands,   Mass. 


CHARLES  A.  THOMPSON,  M.  D. 

Charles  A.  Thompson,  M.  D.,  was  born  in 
Sackville,  N.  B.,  in  1872.  He  attended  the 
Sackville  Superior  School,  College  for 
Physicians  and  Surgeons,  Baltimore,  Md., 
and  was  also  graduated  from  the  Harvard 
Medical  School.  He  began  the  practice  of 
medicine  in  1897,  opening  an  office  in  New- 
ton Highlands,  where  he  is  now  located. 

Dr.  Thompson  joined  the  Metropolitan 
Driving  Club  in  1906.  He  served  on  the 
board  of  directors  for  two  years.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Medical 
Society,  Newton  Medical  Society,  and  is  a 
Knight  Templar,  an  Odd  Fellow,  and  also 
belongs  to  the  Royal  Arcanum,  and  United 
W^orkmen. 

In  matinee  racing  Dr.  Thompson  has  been 
a  devoted  enthusiast.  In  the  matinees  held 
at  Charles  River  Speedway  his  name  and  his 
horses  have  occupied  a  most  prominent 
position.  In  the  season  of  1910  he  won  the 
first  point  cup  for  pacers,  in  the  Fall  series, 
with  Johnny  Smoker,  2:12  1-2.  In  the 
Spring  series  of  191 1  he  won  the  speed  cup 


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WALTER  B.  FARMER 

He  Proved  the  Right  Man  at  the  Right  Time 

for  the  Metropolitan  Club 


DANIEL  H.  HOLMES 

Well  Known  Member  of  Metropolitan  Club 

Who  Resides  in  Saybrook,'Conn. 


JOHN  H.   FARNUM 
One   of   New   England's   Leading   Turfmen 


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for  trotters  with  Margate,  2:08  1-4,  winning 
a  heat  in  i  :02  1-4,  and  the  average  time  for 
two  heats  being  i  :02  7-8.  Others  of  promi- 
nence that  he  matineed  were  Lanter,  2  :i3  1-4; 
Patricia,  Spim,  2:15  1-4;  Alchato,  etc.  Dr. 
Thompson  resides  at  Newton.  Highlands, 
Mass. 


EDGAR  F.  POWER 

Edgar  F.  Power  was  born  in  Boston, 
Mass.,  in  1868,  and  was  graduated  from  the 
Boston  grammar  and  high  schools.  His  first 
work  in  Boston  was  in  1886,  learning  the 
coffee  business  in  the  employ  of  Chase  o 
Sanborn,  with  which  firm  he  is  now  travel- 
ing representative.  Mr.  Power  joined  the 
Metropolitan  Driving  Club  in  1906,  and  has 
served  on  the  house  committee.  He  is  also  a 
Mason,  Odd  Fellow,  and  a  member  of  the 
Cottage  Park  Yacht  Club,  and  fourth  presi- 
dent of  the  Cape  Cod  Council,  Travelers' 
Association. 

Mr.  Power  is  one  of  the  racing  powers  of 
the  Charles  River  Speedway.  He  was  always 
horsy  from  his  toes  up,  it  being  his  one 
particular  fad,  and  he  would  never  own  any 
but  a  good  trotter  or  pacer.  Among  those  he 
matineed  with  success  were  AUenka,  2:13  1-4; 
Vernag,  2:21  1-2;  Roscoe,  2:12  3-4;  Billy 
Baggs,  2:22  1-4;  Edgar  Audubon,  Beulah 
Ongate,  Lotta  Crabtree,  Dandy  Wilkes,  etc. 

Mr.  Power  has  taken  a  prominent  part  in 
the  development  of  Winthrop,  Mass.,  where 
he  resides.  Up  to  the  Fall  of  1914,  he  had 
built  forty-three  houses  in  that  town,  believ- 
ing it  the  right  way,  with  the  disposing  of 
them  to  TOod  families,  in  booming  his  town. 


J.  HENRY  RICHARDSON 

J.  Henry  Richardson  can,  in  every  particu- 
lar, be  styled  a  self-made  man.  When  enter- 
ing the  age  of  manhood,  he  was  employed 
in  a  m_ill  at  50  cents  a  day  and,  later,  in  a 
hat  shop  receiving  85  cents  a  day.  Not  long- 
after  this,  he  made  his  appearance  on  the 
famous  old  Mile  Ground  of  Boston  with  the 
two  noted  trotters.  Belle  Shacket,  2:271-2, 
and  Carrie  T.,  2:26  1-4,  which  were  the  top- 
notchers  of  that  time  on  the  snowpath. 

He  started  in  business  for  himself  in 
1875,  opening  the  "Mammoth"  boarding 
stable  in  Portland  Street,  Boston,  where  he 
remained  eighteen  years.  After  a  short  stop 
in  the  Bowdoin  Square  stable  (Ned  May- 
nard's  noted  stable),  he  located  in  the  Cos- 
mopolitan stable,  46-54  Pitts  Street,  where 
he  has  been  in  business  the  past  twenty-one 
3'ears.  Mr.  Richardson  was  one  of  the  first 
members  of  the  Metropolitan  Driving;  Club, 
of  which  he  is  a  life  member,  and  also  be- 
longs   to    the    Ouannapowitt   Driving   Club 


and  the  Kenoza  Driving  Club  of  Haverhill, 
Mass. 

Mr.  Richardson  was  very  prominent  in 
professional  and  amateur  racing  with  Twang, 
2:181-2;  Whitney,  2:121-2;  Princess  Mo- 
quette,  2:081-2;  Miss  Whitney,  2:071-2, 
which  he  developed,  and  Chain  Shot,  2  :o6  1-2. 
These  horses  won  important  victory  after 
victory  that  gave  them  big  head  lines  in 
the  morning  horse  column  of  the  daily 
newspapers   during   their   racing  period. 

Carrie  T.,  2 :26  1-4,  was  the  property  of 
J.  O.  Whitton,  but  she  was  driven  in  the 
majority  of  her  appearances  on  the  snow- 
path  by  Mr.  Richardson.  For  two  Winters 
this  mare  defeated  the  fastest  on  Boston's 
speed  ground  and  she  was  always  open  to 
meet  all  comers  at  any  time.  Mr.  R.ichard- 
son  is  counted  one  of  Boston's  most  pro- 
ficient reinsmen,  being  light-handed  and  of 
rare  judgment  when  driving  in  a  close  race. 
No  man  knows  how  to  hook  a  trotter — right — 
better  than  he,  and  his  stables  have  always 
been   models  of  neatness. 

Twenty-five  years  ago  he  purchased,  from 
the  David  Snow  heirs,  the  Thorndale  Stock 
Farm,  in  Andover,  Ma'^.s.,  which  property 
has  since  developed  into  a  very  valuable 
asset,  much  of  it  being  marketable  for  build- 
ing purposes.  There  are  200  acres  in  the 
estate,  v/hich  cuts  350  tons  of  hay  (when 
purchased  by  Mr.  Richardson  it  only  cut 
68  tons).  On  the  farm  is  a  good  half-mile 
track  for  the  development  of  the  youngsters 
sired  by  the  royally-bred  stallion,  Seumanee, 
by  Bingen,  2  :o6  1-4,  out  of  the  great  brood 
mare.  Red  Tape,  2 :24  1-4,  the  dam  of  four 
trotters  in  the  list,  by  Prodigal,  2:16.  The 
buildings  at  Thorndale  Farm  are  commo- 
dious, conveniently  situated  and  always  kept 
in  perfect  repair  and  tidiness. 

Mr.  Richardson  takes  great  pride  in 
Thorndale,  which;  before  he  purchased  it, 
can  be  remembered  by  old-time  horsemen 
as  the  home  of  the  famous  stallion,  Daniel 
Lambert.  Mr.  Richardson  can  well  be  de- 
scribed as  one  man  who  certainly  made  good 
with  horses.     He  resides  in  Andover,  Mass. 


WALTER   B.    FARMER 

Walter  B.  Farmer  was  born  in  Arlington, 
Mass.,  in  1878,  and.  after  attending  the  local 
schools  of  his  native  town,  was  graduated 
from  Goddard  Seminary,  Barre,  Vt.  He  was 
one  of  the  first  members  of  the  Metropolitan 
Driving  Club,  and  of  the  Gentlemen's  Driving 
Club  of  Boston.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
B.  A.  A.,  Paleface  Gun  Club,  the  Exeter  Gun 
Club,  and  the  Boston  Yacht  Club. 

The  existence  of  the  Metropolitan  Club  is 
very  probably  due  to  Mr.   Farmer.     He  was 


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MOLLY    L.,     2:25  1-4 

The  Dam  of  This  Well-known  Speedway  Performer  is  the  Prominent  Brood  Mare,  Dreamwold  Brownie, 

by  Ashland  Wilkes.     Molly  L.  is  Owned  and  Driven  by  George  Lovell 


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certainly  a  live  wire  in  the  early  races  of  that 
organization  and  in  shaping  its  destiny.  In 
the  Fall  of  1904,  when  the  clouds  hung  low 
and  gloomy  for  the  members  in  being  dispos- 
sessed of  the  clubhouse  which  they  had  been 
using  on  matinee  days,  it  was  Mr.  Farmer 
that  succeeded  in  bringing  the  iron  from  the 
fire.  It  had  seemed  impossible  that  there  was 
any  way  of  the  club  surviving,  without  a  home 
for  themselves  and  to  shelter  their  horses,  ex- 
cepting that  land  be  purchased  near  the  speed- 
way and  a  clubhouse  and  stables  erected 
thereon.  In  the  financial  condition  of  the 
club,  it  having  been  in  existence  only  a  few 
weeks,  this  solution  looked  very  precarious. 
Mr.  Farmer  solved  the  problem,  however,  by 
issuing  invitations  to  all  of  the  members  and 
their  friends,  who  were  witnessing  the  after- 
noon's racing  in  the  cold,  out  on  the  sidewalks. 
These  invitations  were  good  for  use  in  the 
clubhouse  on  matinee  days  until  revoked  by 
Mr.  Farmer. 

Immediately,  with  the  use  of  the  clubhouse 
by  the  Metropolitan  members  in  this  unex- 
pected manner,  the  owners  of  the  property  en- 
tered into  arrangements  whereby  it  eventually 
passed  to  the  Metropolitan  Club.  With  the 
ownership  of  the  property  and  chartering  of 
the  club,  Mr.  Farmer  became  one  of  the  life 
members,  and  up  to  the  present  day,  his  ac- 
tive work  in  the  early  history  of  the  club  is 
frequently  referred  to  by  the  old  members. 

Both  with  the  Metropolitan  and  the  Gen- 
tlemen's Driving  Club  of  Boston,  Mr.  Farmer 
was  very  prominent  in  the  matinees.  He 
owned  a  niunber  of  horses  with  speed,  but  the 
one  of  them  all  that  stands  out  prominent  is  the 
little  gelding  Fashion,  2:15,  not  excepting  Ar- 
lington, 2  :og  1-2,  which  he  raced  successfully 
in  the  Readville  matinee  races.  The  races 
which  Fashion,  Alice  Carr,  and  Tom  Phair 
had  to  sleigh  will  never  be  forgotten.  So 
closely  were  these  horses  matched  in  speed 
that  excitement  ran  high  as  to  which  of  them 
would  be  the  winner.  This  was  true  each 
time  that  they  started. 

Mr.  Farmer  was  one  of  the  cleverest  ama- 
teur reinsmen  in  New  England,  and  it  is 
doubtful  if  there  was  his  superior  in  the 
country.  He  was  cool-headed,  light-handed, 
game,  and  nursed  a  horse  along,  when  tiring 
in  a  gruelling  finish,  like  a  professional  driver. 
So  capable  was  Mr.  Farmer  with  the  reins 
that  he  was  constantly  in  demand  by  owners 
of  matinee  horses  to  drive  for  them  in  the 
races. 

In  the  past  few  years,  Mr.  Farmer  has  not 
been  seen  as  much  at  the  speedway  as  could 
be  wished.  His  pleasant  smile  and  cheering 
word  have  been  missed  by  hir,  horde  of  friends 
and  acquaintances  and  it  has  been  the  hope 


that  with  each  return  of  the  matinee  season, 
among  the  list  of  entries  would  be  seen  Mr. 
Farmer's  name  with  a  fast  trotter.  Mr. 
Farmer  resides  at  75  Sewall  Ave.,  Brookline, 
Mass. 


JOHN  H.  FARNUM 

John  H.  Farnum  was  born  in  Mansfield, 
Conn.,  in  1862,  and  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town.  When  nineteen 
years  of  age  he  came  to  Boston  and  secured 
employment  as  a  marketman,  and  in  1885  he 
went  into  business  for  himself,  under  the 
name  of  Farnum  &  Co.,  65  Clinton  St.,  deal- 
ers in  wholesale  fruit  and  produce.  He  is  still 
located  at  the  same  place,  under  the  firm  name 
of  J.  H.  Farnum  &  Son.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Metropolitan  Driving  Club  and  belongs  to 
the  order  of  Masons. 

Mr.  Farnum  has  been  one  of  the  main  sup- 
ports of  professional  horse  racing  in  New 
England  for  a  number  of  years.  His  maxim 
was  always  to  buy  the  best,  price  being  no 
object  so  long  as  he  got  one  that  could  go  out 
and  win  races.  The  racing  career  of  Mr.  Far- 
num is  very  closely  identified  with  that  of 
Walter  R.  Cox,  the  famous  trainer  and  driver, 
as  the  latter  has  had  his  horses  to  campaign, 
dating'  back  nearly  to  his  rapid  rise  in  his 
profession. 

Naming  over  the  most  prominent  that  Mr. 
Farnum  has  owned  and  had  raced  in  the 
Grand  Circuit  for  large  purses  and  in  stake 
races  are  Joe  Jointer,  2:05  1-4;  Argot  Boy, 
2:0,^  1-4;  Earl,  Jr.,  2:01  1-2;  The  Bosun, 
2:05  3-4;  Lady  Wanetka  (2),  2:10,  that  as  a 
two-year-old  was  second  in  2  -.04  3-4,  and  was 
timed  that  heat,  separately,  in  2  :o5  1-4.  She 
was  sold  by  Mr.  Farnum  a  few  weeks  pre- 
vious to  this  race  for  $12,500.  Branham 
Baughmann,  2:04  1-4,  has  been  well  described 
as  the  "iron  horse."  This  celebrated  pacer 
was  campaigned  year  after  year,  and  was  al- 
ways there  or  thereabouts  when  the  money 
was  paid  off.  As  Mr.  Farnum  has  well  said 
in  describing  the  stallion :  "There  were  other 
pacers  having  more  speed  than  he,  and  that 
was  the  only  reason,  of  course,  why  he  has 
had  to  take  a  back  seat  in  some  of  his  races, 
but  for  what  he  could  do,  he  was  of  the  kind 
that  could  always  be  depended  upon  to  de- 
liver his  best."  Mr.  Farnum  resides  at  loi 
Summer  Ave.,  Reading.  Mass. 


DANIEL   M.   HOLMES 

Daniel  M.  Holmes  was  born  in  East  Had- 
dam,  Conn.,  in  1845,  and  attended  the  schools 
of  his  native  town.  He  first  w^orked  for 
Charles  Spencer,  of  Moodus,  in  1863,  as  a 
blacksmith's    helper.    In    1866    he    opened    a 


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blacksmith  shop  of  his  own  in  Madison, 
Conn.  At  present  he  is  in  the  family  grocery 
business  at  Saybrook,  Conn.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Metropolitan  Driving  Club,  and  is  so 
greatly  interested  in  the  matinees  that  he 
comes  to  Boston  to  nearly  every  one  held  at  the 
Charles  River  Speedway.  He  has  been  promi- 
nent in  these  events  with  his  horses,  havmg 
raced  Rob  B.,  2:213-4;  Elsie  M.,  2:221-4; 
Minturn,  2:16  1-4;  Bingen  Flower  and  Major 
Dillard.  The  last  two  named,  while  they  have 
no  record,  are  possessed  of  plenty  of  speed. 
Mr.  Holmes    resides  in  Saybrook,  Conn. 


GEORGE   LOVELL 

George  Lovell,  with  his  brothers,  William 
J.  and  John  S.,  have  one  of  the  largest  mar- 
ket gardening  farms  in  Watertown  that  there 
is  in  the  vicinity  of  Boston.  Despite  the  time 
taken  in  running  so  extensive  a  business,  yet 
Mr.  Lovell  finds  time  to  enjoy  himself  on 
matinee  afternoons  at  the  Charles  River 
Speedway,  he  having  been  a  member  of  the 
Metropolitan  club  since  its  inception.  Among 
those  that  Mr.  Lovell  has  driven  in  the 
matinee  events  are  John  Thomas,  2:15  1-4; 
Avenar  M.,  trial  2:17  1-4;  Molly'  L., 
2 :25  1-4,  and  some  thirt)'  others  that  have 
beaten  2 :30.  He  is  also  owner  of  the  well 
known  brood-mare,  Dreamwold  Brownie, 
foaled  in  1899,  by  Ashland  Wilkes.  This 
mare,  though  only  fifteen  years  old,  has  pro- 
duced twelve  foals,  never  having  missed  a 
single  season  since  bred.  Five  of  her  foals 
have  trained  to  beat  2  :30,  though  only  one  of 
them,  Molly  L.,  2  :25  1-4,  was  put  in  the  list, 
Mr.  Lovell  taking  more  pleasure  in  developing 
and  driving  them  for  his  own  amusement. 
Mr.  Lovell  resides  at  85  Orchard  Street, 
Watertown,  Mass. 


GEORGE  H.  HICKS 

George  H.  Hicks  was  born  in  Readsboro, 
Vt.,  in  1847,  and  received  his  education  in 
the  local  schools  of  his  native  town.  His 
first  work  in  Boston  was  in  1865  in  the 
grocery  store  of  Charles  A.  Barker,  in  Sulli- 
van Square,  Charlestown.  Two  years  later 
he  started  in  business  for  himself,  opening  a 
small  grocery  store  in  Russell  Street,  Charles- 
town.  Later  he  went  into  the  milk  business, 
where  he  remained  until  1874,  when  he  be- 
gan the  handling  and  training  of  gentlemen's 
horses,  and  horses  for  speed.  He  is  at  pres- 
ent interested  in  the  restaurant,  baker)',  and 
real  estate  business,  his  restaurant  being  at 
180  Portland  Street,  Boston,  with  the  bakery 
located  in  Cambridge.  He  was  one  of  the 
first  members  of  the  Metropolitan  Driving 
Club,  and  served  on  the  board  of  directors. 


He  has  been  a  member  of  the  B.  A.  A.  for 
twenty-four  years. 

The  tirst  horse  that  Mr.  Hicks  owned  was 
Robinson  Crusoe,  which  he  gave  a  record  of 
2  :42  in  1874,  then  counted  a  very  creditable 
performance.  Later  he  got  hold  of  Back- 
man  Maid,  2  :25  1-4,  and  she  proved  a  good 
race  mare  for  him  by  winning  a  lot  of  races. 
He  sold  her  to  J.  Malcolm  Forbes  for  $2,500. 

His  next  race  performer  of  distinction  was 
A'lay  Bee,  2  :24.  This  mare  won  a  seven  heat 
race  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  against  the  best  in 
her  class.  She  was  little  considered  before 
the  start  of  the  event,  bringing  only  $50  in 
pools  calling  for  more  than  $800.  Mr.  Hicks 
thought  well  enough  of  her  to  have  quite  a 
number  in  his  pocket. 

He  leased  old  Beacon  Park  in  1887  and 
was  located  there  until  1896.  He  sub-leased 
the  plant  to  Wesley  P.  Balch  for  the  noted 
$io,oco  stallion  race  between  Alcryone  and 
Nelson,  which  was  the  last  stallion  race  Mr. 
Balch  gave.  While  at  Beacon  Park  he  had 
meetings  in  connection  with  the  Eastern  Cir- 
cuit, of  which  he  was  a  member  and  which 
began  at  Norfolk,  Va.,  then  on  to  Philadel- 
phia, to  Beacon  Park,  to  Mystic  Park,  to  old 
Saugus  track,  to  Providence,  to  Albany,  or 
to  old  Fleetwood  track,  in  New  York.  This 
brought  the  annual  meeting  at  Beacon  Park 
the  last  week  in  May.  New  England  drivers 
then  trained  horses  to  be  ready  that  earl)'  in 
the  season  to  take  part  in  the  racing  events. 

In  connection  with  Mr.  Hick's  regime  at 
Beacon  was  the  intense  interest  taken  through 
the  sleighing  season.  It  was  no  unusual  hap- 
pening for  a  thousand  hitches  to  be  at  the 
park  on  pleasant  afternoons.  One  Winter  he 
gave  a  high  cost  whip  for  the  trotter  stepping 
the  fastest  mile  to  sleigh.  This  was  won  by 
ex-Mayor  Curtis'  ■  gelding.  Champion,  in 
2:31,  driven  by  Jack  Trout.  Others  making 
good  time  were  Carrie  T.  in  2  :34,  and  Back- 
man  Maid  in  2  :35. 

A  noteworthy  sporting  event  of  that  period 
was  a  match  race  between  Merty  Downing's 
John  L.  Sullivan,  and  a  roan  gelding  owned 
by  John  Craig,  for  $t,2oo.  A  lot  of  money 
was  waged  on  the  result  of  the  contest,  which 
was  won  by  Mr.  Craig. 

One  of  the  most  consistent  horses  raced  by 
Mr.  Hicks,  and  that  likely  won  him  the  most 
money  of  any  he  owned,  was  the  pacer,  G.  O. 
Taylor,  2:151-4.  Out  of  the  113  heats  he 
raced  in  two  seasons,  he  was  first  or  second 
in  ig6  of  them,  and  only  made  two  breaks, 
caused  by  being  run  into  by  other  horses. 
Selling  G.  O.  Taylor,  and  his  net  winnings 
on  the  turf,  brought  to  Mr.  Hicks'  bank  ac- 
count a  credit  of  over  $7,000. 

Among  others  raced  with  success  bv  Mr. 


CODARE   (by   Cochato),   2:11    1-2 

Coming  from  the  Rear  and  Winning  a  Heat  Through  the  Homestretch  at  Charles 

River  Speedway.     H.  B.  Ralston  Driving 


Photo  from  Boston  Globe 

GLENARD,   2:151-4 
Winner  of  2:20  Trot  at  Readville  on  Oct.  22,  1914.     Owned  and  Driven  by 

John  W.  Coakley 


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Hicks  were:  Dynamite,  2:203-4;  May  Bee, 
2:24;  Belle  Franklin,  2:28  1-4;  Peerless  Ben, 
2:26  1-4;  Rare  Ben,  2:26;  Susie  Owen,  2:26; 
Steve  Maxwell,  2:211-2;  News  Boy,  2:27; 
Dick,  2:121-2;  R.  W.  S.,  2:291-4;  Lulu 
Mapes,  2:15  1-4;  Ben  Wilkes,  2:17  1-4;  Mat- 
tie  K.  Snell,  2:24;  Happy  Girl,  2:27  1-2;  The 
Nun,  2:24  1-4;  Maggie  G.  Middleton, 
2:203-4;  Blanche  Douglas,  2:29;  Captain 
George,  2:29;  Lady  Cutts  (tr.),  2:21 ;  Wilkin, 
2:271-2;  Centella,  2:21;  Kitty  Morris,  2:30; 
Carleton,  2  :28,  etc. 

After  leaving  Beacon  Park  Mr.  Hicks  was 
for  two  years  connected  with  his  brother,  J. 
Tyler  Hicks,  in  running  Granite  State  Park, 
Dover,  N.  H.  In  the  building  of  Combina- 
tion Park,  Medford,  Mr.  Hicks  was  one-third 
owner  of  the  property  with  J.  Tyler  Hicks  and 
Arthur  Hicks.  Up  to  the  year  1905,  Mr. 
Hicks  was  manager  of  Combination  Park, 
Medford,  and  gave  electric  light  racing  and 
vaudeville  shows  evenings,  during  the  Sum- 
mer months.  Here,  too,  was  the  big  Elks 
Fair  and  Carnival.  It  was  at  Combination 
Park  that  Joe  Patchen  made  his  then  world's 
half-mile  record  for  pacers,  of  2:041-4,  and 
Cephias  set  the  world's  half-mile  record  for 
trotters  at  2:11  1-4.  Mr.  Hicks  resides  at 
Winchester,  Mass. 


speed  was  in  his  butcher  wagon,  from  which 
he  took  him  and  won  a  $100  handicap  race 
at  Combination  Park.  Mr.  Nelson  resides  at 
890  Broadway,  West  Somerville,  Mass. 


A.    I.   NELSON 

A.  I.  Nelson  was  born  in  Sweden,  where 
he  received  his  education.  His  first  work  in 
Boston  was  in  the  grocery  and  provision 
store  of  Charles  Porter.  In  1903  he  started 
in  busmess  for  himself,  opening  a  grocery 
and  provision  store  in  Davis  Square,  Somer- 
ville, where  he  is  now  located.  He  joined  the 
Metropolitan  Driving  Club  in  1906,  and  was 
one  of  the  early  members  of  the  Fellsway 
Club. 

Mr.  Nelson  has  always  been  prominent  in 
the  matinees  of  the  clubs  to  which  he  belongs 
and,  with  the  success  that  he  has  had,  it  is 
peculiar  that  all  of  his  horses  were  worked 
every  day,  excepting  the  ones  they  raced,  in 
his  butcher  carts.  One  afternoon,  at  Charles 
River  Speedway,  he  carried  off  three  blue 
ribbons,  winning  with  Red  George,  Nancy, 
and  Max  C.  Among  the  horses  he  has  owned 
were  Johnny  Wilkes,  Jr.,  Lord  Krimnel, 
Independence  Boy,  Nancy,  Charles  Hubbard, 
2:12  1-4,  winner  of  a  heat  at  Charles  River 
Speedway  in  i  :oi  1-2,  and  of  nine  blue  and 
two  red  ribbons  in  eleven  races ;  Bard  L., 
Dandv  Jim,  Baron  Liege,  and  the  war  horse. 
The  Montana,  2:18  1-2.  Dandy  Jim,  in  the 
season  of  19T0,  captured  the  first  point  cup  of 
the  Metropolitan  Club  and,  during  the  series, 
54  trotters  competed  against  him.  The  first 
that  Mr.  Nelson  knew  of  Dandy  Jim  having 


JOHN  W.  COAKLEY 

One  of  the  leading  horsemen  of  New  Eng- 
land is  John  W.  Coakley,  and  he  has  had 
experience  in  all  degrees  of  the  sport,  hav- 
ing been  owner,  trainer  and  driver,  manager 
of  a  racing  stable,  and  conducted  public  auc- 
tion sales  of  fast  trotters  and  pacers. 

It  was  in  the  early  nineties  that  the  fol- 
lowers of  the  turf  first  became  acquainted 
with  Mr.  Coakley.  He  was  then  trainer  for 
Charles  Whittemore,  owner  of  the  Lookout 
Farm,  South  Natick,  Mass.,  and  had  on  the 
New  England  tracks  the  stallion,  Rockaway, 
to  which  he  gave  a  record  of  2:171-4. 

In  the  years  of  1897-98  Mr.  Coakley  held 
a  series  of  speed  sales,  the  first  in  Walker's 
stable  in  Portland  Street,  and  later  in  Wash- 
ington Street,  above  Northampton  Street. 
In  the  meantime  he  was  manager  of  a  Wash- 
ington Street  hotel  for  a  short  time,  and 
later  became  interested  in  the  laundry  busi- 
ness, entering  the  employ  of  Mr.  Smith,  own- 
er of  Star  Pointer,  i  :59  1-4,  the  first  pacer 
to  beat  two  minutes.  He  then  ooened  the 
Blue  Ribbon  laundry  in  Lincoln  Place,  near 
the  Hotel  Langham,  where  he  is  now  located 
in  business. 

While  Mr.  Coakley  has  owned  a  number  of 
fast  trotters  and  pacers  in  recent  years,  yet 
his  best  trotter  was  Belvasia,  2:061-4,  a  big 
winner  down  the  Grand  Circuit,  and  his 
fastest  pacer  was  Aileen  Wilson,  2  :o2  1-2. 

Mr.  Coakley  is  known  as  a  clever  reins- 
man>  Walter  Cox  thinks  well  enough  of 
his  management  in  the  sulky  to  have  often 
secured  him  to  drive  races  for  him.  At 
Cleveland  he  won  a  rich  stake  for  the 
Dover,  N.  H.,  driver  \yith  Esther  W., 
2:061-4.  In  the  Hanks'  Circuit  in  Maine, 
in  1913,  he  won  two  $5,000  stakes  with 
Baring,  2:121-2,  and  got  second  money  in 
another  stake.  In  1914  he  campaigned  his 
own  trotter,  Glenard,  2:151-4,  by  Moko, 
with  success.  Mr.  Coakley  resides  in  Dor- 
chester, Mass. 


HANCE  B.  RALSTON 

Hance  B.  Ralston  was  born  in  Nova  Scotia 
in  1865,  and  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town.  His  first  work  in  Boston  was  in 
the  employ  of  a  Mr.  King,  blacksmith,  in 
1885.  He  opened  a  blacksmith  shop  of  his 
own  in  1896  in  Brighton,  where  he  is  still 
located.  Later  he  added  to  his  duties  the 
training  and  driving  of  horses,  and  now  has 


L.  FRED  SANBORN 
A   Strong  Advocate  of  Speedway  and   Matinee  Rac 


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charge  of  the  new  IMetropohtan  Chib  stable 
at  the  speedway. 

Mr.  Ralston  was  one  of  the  first  members 
of  the  Metropolitan  Club,  and  has  been 
prominent  in  its  matinee  affairs.  Besides  his 
amateur  racing,  Mr.  Ralston  each  season  takes 
a  few  weeks  in  visiting  the  local  half-mile 
tracks  with  a  select  string  of  trotters  and 
pacers,  and  usually  with  success.  He  is 
known  as  an  expert  in  the  development  of 
young  speed,  and  is  partial,  himself,  in  getting 
hold  of  a  colt,  and  then  watching  him  improve. 

Among  the  horses  Mr.  Ralston  has  de- 
veloped and  driven  to  records  are  the  follow- 
ing; Ella  Hal,  2:151-2;  Miss  Adbell, 
2:061-4;  Ethel  Direct,  2:113-4;  Luzaro, 
2:181-4;  Tony  G.,  2:181-4;  Lord  Ouex, 
2:101-2;  Susie  Star,  2:21  1-2;  Genevieve, 
2:181-4;  Yates,  2:171-2;  Little  Bill. 
2:20  1-4;  Wavelite,  2:24  1-4;  Pee  Wee, 
2:281-4;  Nelson,  2:251-4;  My  Chance, 
2:171-4,  etc.  Mr.  Ralston  residfs  in  Brigh- 
ton, Mass. 


L.  FRED  SANBCRN 

L.  Fred  Sanborn,  now  of  Medford,  Mass., 
and  until  recently  an  active  member  of  the 
Metropolitan  and  Fellsway  Driving  Clubs, 
was  born  in  Danvers,  Mass.,  in  1879.  ^'s 
father,  in  Fred's  boyhood  days,  generally  had 
a  road  horse,  but  when  Fred  was  about  fifteen 
his  father  bought  Dinah  Wilkes,  2  :33,  a  trot- 
ter who  could  hold  her  own  in  a  brush  to  either 
dirt  or  snow.  Soon  after  her  purchase  the 
Salem  News  "Man  About  Town"  quoted  May- 
or Peterson,  of  Salem,  as  telling  his  friends 
how  a  boy  with  a  black  mare  beat  him  on 
the  Danvers  road. 

Later,  the  Salem  News,  in  a  front  page  ar- 
ticle, told  of  a  runaway  through  Danvers 
Square,  in  which  a  Concord  buggy  was  over- 
turned on  top  of  a  boy  who  clung  to  the  reins 
after  being  pulled  to  his  feet  by  the  runaway 
horse,  righted  the  buggy  with  one  hand,  suc- 
ceeded in  stopping  the  horse,  and  drove  leis- 
urely back  through  the  square  as  if  nothing 
had  happened. 

Fred's  first  horse  of  his  own  was  a  road 
mare  who  pulled  two  men  to  a  buggy,  a  sur- 
veyed mile,  on  the  road  in  three  minutes. 
Next  he  bought  an  erratic  green  trotter,  which 
Fred  couldn't  keep  on  a  trot,  but  Knapp 
Forshner  drove  a  quarter  on  the  back-stretch 
of  Old  Mystic  in  ^,2  1-2  seconds.  Then 
Colonel,  2:18  1-4,  a  sore-toed  pacer,  was  pur- 
chased, and  on  the  first  snowfall,  Fred,  in  a 
newly  purchased  Perrin  sleigh,  started  for 
the  Charles  River  Speedway  on  a  Saturday 
afternoon  all  by  his  lonesome,  the  result  be- 
ing featured  in  Sunday's  Boston  Herald,  "Un- 


known young  man  with  a  horse,  later  identi- 
fied as  Colonel,  2:181-4,  cleans  up  all  com- 
ers on  Charles  River  snowpath." 

Colonel  was  pensioned  for  life  and  Robin- 
bird,  2  :29  1-4,  purchased  from  Albert  H.  Mer- 
rill, the  Danvers  speed  merchant,  a  boyhood 
neighbor  of  Fred's,  as  was  also  purchased 
Billy  J.,  2:17  1-4,  Fred  C,  2:11  1-4,  etc.  Billy 
J.  won  three  cups  for  Fred,  stepping  the  half- 
mile  track  at  Combination  Park  in  i  :o5,  and 
the  Charles  River  Speedway  a  fast  heat,  one 
season,  in  i  :02,  and  winning  the  fastest  two 
heats  in  another  series  in  i  :02  1-4  and  i  :o2  1-2. 
Fred  C,  2:11  1-4,  record  over  a  half-mile 
track,  was  bought  at  a  Chicago  sale,  at  a  long 
price,  as  he  had  trotted  the  fastest  mile  in  a 
race  over  any  half-mile  track  in  the  country, 
the  previous  season.  However,  Fred  C. 
proved  to  be  a  better  mile  horse  than  a  half 
mile  one,  and  he  was  sold  to  go  to  England, 
where  he  made  a  new  trotting  record  for  that 
country  and  raced  with  fair  success  some 
twenty-four  races  there,  the  following  season, 
against  hoppled  pacers. 

With  Luther  Moko,  2:15  3-4,  Fred  won  two 
four-heat  races,  one  five-heat  race,  also  a  red 
ribbon  at  the  Park  Riding  School  Horse  Shov.'- 
all  within  two  weeks,  and  then  he  was  sold 
soon  after.  Dr.  Chase,  2:10  1-4,  was  a  steady 
going  trotter  and  was  never  beaten  over  a 
head  by  the  best  trotters  around  Boston.  Oth- 
ers, either  owned  or  matineed  by  Fred,  were 
Kelpa,  2  :26  3-4 ;  Mystic,  2  :22  1-4 ;  Chestnuts, 
2:24  1-2;  Maud  C,  2:13  1-4;  Reuben  L., 
2  :23  1-4 ;  Freda,  2  :29  1-2 ;  and  Star  King. 

Fred  now  acknowledges  having  been  con- 
nected with  a  "Ringing  Case,"  as  when  he 
bought  Fred  C,  2:11  1-4,  he  matineed  him  as 
plain  Fred,  named  after  himself,  as  he  said, 
until  Editor  Trott,  who  knew  the  horse  on 
sight,  gave  him  away  in  the  Boston  Globe. 

The  last  time  Fred  was  seen  in  public  hold- 
ing the  ribbons  w&s  when  he,  by  request,  drove 
Luther  P.,  a  noted  puller,  who  had  been  beaten 
the  previous  week  at  Charles  River  Speedway 
with  a  "Professional"  up,  halves  in  i  ;2o,  but 
whom  Fred  piloted  to  a  popular  and  long  shot 
victory  in  time  as  fast  as  i  :i6,  over  a  horse 
generally  capable  of  stepping  in  i  :i2,  and  an- 
other contestant  who  could  always  go  m  i  :i4 
to  I  :i5.  The  following  week,  under  similar 
conditions,  but  with  another  driver  behind 
Luther  P.,  Luther  was  badly  beaten  by  the 
same  horses,  as  he  materially  missed  Fred's 
reinsmanship,  and  Luther's  opponents  missed 
Fred's  musical  voice. 

Fred,  after  four  years  of  pleasurable  sport 
with  the  aforementioned  horses,  now  says, 
"Never  again!"  and  has  given  up  horses  en- 
tirely on  account  of  the  condition  on  Boston 


MISS  DE  FOREST,  2:05  1-4 
Champion  Pacer  (Fall  Series  1914)  at  Charles  River  Speedway.     Owned  and  Driven  by 

Frank  M.  Burke 


EDITH  DIRECT,  2:11  3-4 
Extensively  Campaigned  Both  in  Professional  and  Amateur  Races  in  1914.     Owned 

and  Driven  by  A.  C.  Furbush 


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and  suburban  roads.  During  his  horse  career 
he  had  various  chances  to  serve  as  an  officer 
of  the  two  matinee  ckibs  to  which  he  belonged, 
but  the  only  office  he  ever  accepted  was  that 
of  vice-president  of  the  Fellsway  Club;  but 
he  has  also  been  named  for  several  years 
among  the  vice-presidents  of  the  Metropolitan 
Driving  Club. 

We  feel  that  Fred's  heretofore  unpublished 
advice  to  those  still  in  the  matinee  sport  may 
be  of  value.  He  says,  "The  life  of  the  mati- 
nees today  depends  on  securing  new  horses  as 
often  as  possible,  trading  or  new  purchases, 
make  news  and  arouse  new  interest  in  own- 
ers, drivers  and  the  public.  That's  the  reason 
I  was  always  ready  to  either  buy  or  sell  and, 
in  the  very  short  space  of  four  years,  owned 
thirteen  horses  and  two  colts,  most  of  them 
one  at  a  time." 

Fred  will  also  be  remembered  among  horse- 
men, and  particularly  among  Cox  and  Cox's 
Army  at  Dover,  N.  H.,  as  the  imported  base- 
ball pitcher  who  pitched  Cox  and  his  Army 
to  a  lo-inning  victory  in  a  ball  game  with  a 
team  of  Doverites,  for  which  Fred  got  due 
credit  in  Dover  and  Boston  papers. 


FRANK  M.   BURKE 

Frank  M.  Burke  was  born  in  Rowley, 
Mass.,  in  1878,  and  was  graduated  from  the 
Newburyport  High  School.  In  1898  he  be- 
gan the  manufacturing  of  heels  at  Ipswich, 
Mass.,  where  he  is  still  located.  He  was  one 
of  the  early,  members  of  the  Metropolitan 
Driving  Club  and  he  often  brings  his  star 
trotters  and  pacers  to  compete  in  the  mati- 
nees at  the   Charles  River  Speedway. 

Mr.  Burke  is  the  owner  of  one  of  the  best 
racing  and  matinee  stables  in  New  England. 
He  drives  his  own  horses  in  most  instances, 
thus  deriving  a  great  deal  of  sport  by  so  do- 
ing. Among  the  horses  that  he  has  owned 
are :  My  Star,  2 103  3-4 ;  Miss  DeForest, 
2:05  1-4;  Reliance,  2:11  1-4;  Miss  Adbell, 
2:06  1-4;  The  Alderman,  2:16  1-2;  Higgins, 
2:16  3-4;  Troas,  2:12  1-4;  Morine,  2:09  1-4, 
etc.  He  is  also  the  owner  of  the  widely 
known  Fatherland  Stock  Farm  in  Byfield, 
Mass.,  where  he  is  engaged  in  breeding, 
raising,  and  the  development  of  trotters.  He 
has  on  his  establishment  many  highly-bred 
and  fast  record  mares,  which  he  is  breeding 
to  the  best  stallions.  The  result  will  be  that 
in  a  few  years  Mr.  Burke  will  have  the  en- 
joyment of  driving  in  races  colts  of  his  own 
breeding.  Mr.  Burke  resides  at  Ipswich, 
Mass. 


town  and  in  Rochester,  N.  H.  His  first 
work  was  in  1888,  for  his  brother,  A.  J. 
Furbush,  in  the  grocery  business.  He  started 
in  business  for  himself  in  1904,  running  a 
boarding  stable  and  real  estate  business  at 
66  Davis  Street,  West  Newton.  He  was  one 
of  the  first  members  of  the  Metropolitan 
Driving  Club,  and  was  very  active  in  induc- 
ing new  members  to  join. 

Mr.  Furbush  has  always  taken  a  leading 
part  in  the  matinee  racing  at  Charles  River 
Speedway.  Among  the  most  prominent 
trotters  and  pacers  he  raced  were  Fred  H., 
2:12  1-4;  Jay  Kay,  2:15  1-2,  winner  of  a  five- 
mile  race  on  the  ice  at  Montreal ;  Lucy 
Posey,  2:103-4;  Ethel  Direct,  2:113-4; 
Mattie  March,  2:141-4;  Dart,  2:081-4. 
King  Regent,  2  :i6  1-4;  Grade  Baron,  trotting, 
2  :i8  1-2,  pacing,  2  :2i  1-4;  Bon  View,  2  :i5  1-4; 
Miss  Adbell,  2:061-4;  Edwin  S.,  2:08; 
Outcast,  2:17  1-4,  who  was  not  beaten  on  the 
Dorchester  Speedway  for  two  years. 

Air.  Furbush  and  his  brother,  W.  J.,  had 
a  most  interesting  race  to  sleigh  one  after- 
noon, a  number  of  years  back,  on  the  New- 
ton Boulevard.  While  all  that  was  waged 
was  a  bushel  of  clams,  the  loser  to  be  at  the 
expense  of  a  clambake  for  the  friends,  of 
both  parties,  yet  the  event  aroused  a  lot  of 
interest  in  the  Newtons.  Mr.  Furbush, 
named  Fred  H.,  while  W.  J.,  named  Mazie 
Sidney.  After  five  red-hot  heats  Fred  H.  se- 
cured the  honors,  and  there  was  a  big  cele- 
bration that  evening,  A.  C.  Furbush  being 
the  leader. 

Along  with  matinee  racing  Mr.  Furbush 
has  also  been  greatly  interested  in  profession- 
al racing  and,  usually,  started  a  horse  capable 
of  getting  its  share  of  the  purse.  In  1914, 
he  had  campaigned  the  pacing  mare,  Ethel 
Direct,  who,  in  nine  days  won  four  races, 
and  in  eighteen  da_ys  secured  seven  second 
moneys.  In  that  year  she  started  altogether 
in  twenty-two  races.  Mr.  Furbush  resides 
at  6G  Davis  Street,  West  Newton,  Mass. 


A.  C.  FURBUSH 

A.  C.  Furbush  was  born  in  Lebanon,  Me., 
and  attended  the  local  schools  of  bis  native 


BENJAMIN   POPE 

Benjamin  Pope,  of  the  large  business  firm 
of  Curtis  &  Pope  Lumber  Co.,  744  Albany 
Street,  Boston,  has  been  strongly  identified 
with  the  light  harness  horse.  He  is  a  life 
member  of  the  Metropolitan  Driving  Club, 
was  one  of  the  early  members  of  the  Gentle- 
men's Driving  Club  of  Boston,  and  also  be- 
longs to  the  Brookline  Country  Club  and  the 
Algonquin  Club. 

One  of  the  first  trotters  owned  and  raced  by 
Mr.  Pope  was  Mrs.  Jack,  2  :24  1-4,  which  since 
has  become  a  great  brood  mare.  He  then 
purchased  Miss  Pratt,  2:171-4,  which,  after 
being  campaigned,  both  professionally  and  on 


MISS  MARGARET  WINSLOW  POPE  DRIVING  "  MADEMOISELLE  ' 
A  Consistent  Horse  Show  Blue  Ribbon  Winner 


MISS  PRATT,  2:17  1-4  BILLIE  TAYLOR 

A  Head  and  Head  Race  Through  the  Homestretch  at  Readville.     Miss  Pratt  Owned  and  Driven  by 

Benjamin  Pope 


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the  amateur  turf  by  Mr.  Pope,  was  put  to 
breeding,  and  she  is  now  one  of  the  most 
noted  brood  mares  in  the  country.  She  has 
produced  for  Mr.  Pope  The  Leading  Lady 
(3),  2:07,  the  world's  record  for  a  three-year- 
old  trotter  when  made ;  The  Minute  Man, 
2:21  1-4;  Chorus  Girl,  2:20;  The  Understudy, 
2:26  1-2;  The  British  Soldier  (3),  2:17;  and 
Friendly  Chief,  yearling  trial  of  35  seconds 
for  a  quarter-mile.  A  daughter,  too,  of  Miss 
Pratt  produced  Denali  (i),  2:291-4,  and 
which  in  1914,  when  two  years  old,  worked  a 
mile  in  2:12  1-4.  He  also  owned  the  stallion. 
King  Peter,  2  :20  3-4. 

Mr.  Pope  has  a  stock  farm  in  Concord, 
Mass.,  widely  known  by  the  name  of  Stony- 
meade  Farm,  which  comprises  150  acres. 
This  establishment  contains  everything  re- 
quired on  a  gentleman's  model  farm.  All  of 
the  buildings  are  spacious,  the  soil  fertile,  and 
the  adjoining  country  noted  for  its  beauty. 
Mr.  Pope  enjoys  himself  immensely  at  Stony- 
meade. 

Miss  Margaret  Winslow  Pope,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  Pope,  is,  too,  interested  in  horses, 
but  her  preference  is  the  high  actor  and 
splendid  saddler.  With  Mademoiselle  she  has 
won  blue  ribbons  and  cups  at  numerous  horse 
shows.  Experts  agree  that  this  mare  is  in  a 
class  by  herself.  It  is  said  that  her  sire  was 
Bingen,  2  :o6  1-4.  At  any  rate,  she  is  capable 
of   showing  2 :20  speed  hitched  to   a  wagon. 

Another  blue  ribbon  winner  for  Miss  Pope 
is  the  handsome  saddle  mare,  Virginia,  which 
never  was  defeated  in  the  show  ring.  She  is 
up  to  trotting  a  2  40  gait,  and,  hitched  double 
with  Mademoiselle,  the  two  make  a  spanking 
team.     Mr.  Pope  resides  in  Concord,  Mass. 


JEFFERSON  BRADBURY 

Jefferson  Bradbukv  was  born  in  Houghton, 
Me.,  in  1859.  He  attended  the  local  schools 
until  sixteen  years  of  age,  when  he  started 
out  for  himself,  and  has  never  since  been  in 
the  employ,  of  any  man.  In  1893  he  satisfied 
himself  that  Brookline,  Mass.,  was  a  good 
place  in  which  to  open  a  modern,  up-to-date 
boarding  and  sale  stable,  and  he  constructed 
the  one  where  he  is  now  located,  at  56  Win- 
chester Street.  He  joined  the  Metropolitan 
Driving  Club  in  the  fir.st  year  of  its  ex- 
istence, and  is,  too,  a  member  of  the  Order 
of  Masons. 

Mr.  Bradbury  has  bought  and  sold  up- 
wards of  10,000  horses,  among  his  customers 
having  been  C.  R.  MiUiken,  of  the  Glen 
House,  White  Mountains,  and  the  Ricker 
Bros.,  of  Poland  Springs.  He  also  assisted 
James  Sanborn,  of  the  firm  of  Chase  & 
Sanborn,  Boston,  in  starting  his  prominent 
stock    farm    at    Poland,    Me.      Most    of    the 


brood  mares  on  the  farm  were  purchased  by 
Mr.  Bradbury  in  Chicago. 

Among  the  fast  trotters  and  pacers  that 
have  passed  through  Mr.  Bradbury's  hands 
are  Queen,  2:31  1-4,  one  of  the  stars  of 
thirty  years  ago ;  Bonnie  Doone,  2 138,  that 
he,  thirty-two  years  ago,  sold  for  $1,050  to 
E.  D.  Morgan,  of  New  York;  Bloodmont, 
2:321-4,  which  twenty-seven  years  ago  won 
a  big  stallion  race  at  Presque  Isle,  Me.,  and 
was  then  the  real  "cock  of  the  walk"  in  that 
section ;  Dr.  Kilburn,  that,  as  a  two-year-old, 
made  the  state  of  Maine  record  of  2:31  1-4; 
John  Moore,  that,  as  a  three-year-old,  made 
the  state  of  Maine  record  of  2 :22  3-. 
Almah,  by  Cochato,  out  of  the  great  brood 
mare.  Regent's  Last,  and,  as  a  four-year- 
old,  trotted  a  mile  in  2:10,  and  a  half  in 
1:01,  at  Readville;  Stanley  C,  2:141-4, 
counted  the  best  race  horse  in  Maine  in  his 
day,  and  who  won  second  money  in  a  nine- 
heat  race,  at  Lewiston,  being  first  or  second  in 
each  of  the  heats ;  Wotan,  2  -.ly  3-4,  that  he  sold 
for  $5,000;  Mars,  2:133-4,  the  stallion  that 
has  been  siring  speed  at  Presque  Isle,  Me. ; 
Lord  Arley,  with  a  trial  of  2:101-2,  for 
which  $5,000  was  refused. 

The  only  horse  that  Mr.  Bradbury  ever 
matineed  was  Tony  D.,  2:141-4,  which  he 
raced  at  the  Charles  River  Speedway  and 
won  heats  in  1:03  1-4;  Pot  Roast,  2:21  1-4. 
which  he  sold  to  go  to  Philadelphia,  where 
he  earned  a  matinee  record  of  i  :oo.  Mr. 
Bradbury  resides  at  217  Harvard  Street, 
Brookline,  Mass. 


GEORGE  A.   GRAVES 

George  A.  Graves  was  born  in  Newton, 
Mass.,  in  1852,  and  received  his  education  in 
the  schools  of  that  city.  In  1869  he  went  to 
work  as  clerk  for  his  father,  Chester  H. 
Graves,  distiller  of  alcohol  at  35  Hawkins 
St.,  Boston.  In  1873  he  became  a  member 
of  the  iirm,  the  title  having  been  changed  to 
C.  H.  Graves  &  Sons.  Mr.  Graves  was  one 
of  the  original  members  of  the  Metropolitan 
Driving  Club,  the  Gentlemen's  Driving  Club 
of  Boston,  and  the  Fellsway  Driving  Club. 
In  the  Gentlemen's  Driving  Club  of  Boston, 
he  filled  the  position  of  director,  a  member 
of  the  executive  committee,  and  president  of 
the  club  in  1914.  In  the  Metropolitan  Club, 
he  served  on  the  board  of  directors  and  as 
chairman  of  the  executive  committee. 

In  the  organizing  of  the  Metropolitan  Driv- 
ing Club,  Mr.  Graves  was  made  chairman  pro 
tem.,  in  the  very  first  meeting  held  at  Young's 
Hotel,  in  the  bringing  of  the  horsemen  of  Bos- 
ton together  for  the  object  of  combining  into 
a  club.  He  has  always  been  very  prominent 
in    its    affairs,   and    to   his    excellent    business 


MISS   NAOMI    HEWITT   on  "DIGNITY" 
Winner  of  Two  Blues  and  One  Red  at  Brighthelmstone  Horse  Show,  June  5,  1914 


LINA  PRUE  (Matinee  Record),   2:18  1-4 
Besides  Speed  a  Perfect  Type  of  Gentleman's  Driver.     Owned  and  Driven  by  George  H.  Hicks 


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judgment  can  well  be  ascribed  the  prosperity 
of  the  club. 

In  the  racing  he  has  always  been  one  of 
the  leaders,  and  it  has  been  an  established  fact 
that  in  any  race  in  which  he  had  horses  his 
opponents  would  have  to  step  fast  in  order 
to  carry  ofif  the  blue  ribbon. 

Among  those  that  he  owned  and  drove 
in  the  matinees  are  Dick,  2:121-2;  Ben 
Wilkes,  matinee  record  of  2:15;  Lulu  Mapes, 
■  2:15  1-4;  Miss  Leander,  2:25  1-4;  Lina  Prue, 
matinee  record  of  2:181-4;  Eliska,  matinee 
record  of  2  :2o ;  The  Keepsake,  2:18  1-4 ;  G.  O. 
Taylor,  2:151-4;  Joe  Bassett,  2:231-4;  The 
Only  One,  2  :20  1-2  ;  Uncle  Ed,  matinee  record 
of  2 :24 ;  Tom  Gillig,  yearling  record  of 
2:373-4;  Mack  Mack,  2:08;  and  Bronson, 
2:12. 

Of  all  these  horses  there  are  none  that  equal 
the  'trotting  gelding,  Bronson.  This  gelding 
had  been  campaigned  for  several  years  by 
Henry  Titer  with  varying  success.  He 
was  known  to  have  a  lot  of  speed,  but  after 
winning  a  heat,  he  did  not  seem  to  be  capa- 
ble of  getting  the  necessary  three  heats  to 
head  the  summary  and,  for  that  reason,  had 
been  counted  a  trifle  "soft." 

Bronson  was  finally  sold  at  auction  in  New 
York  and,  early  in  1913,  his  new  owner  raced 
him  on  the  New  York  Speedway,  during  that 
Spring  winning  with  him  the  President's  cup 
by  beating  all  the  best  trotters  in  New  York 
City. 

He  was  sold  to  Mr.  Graves  in  August  of 
that  year  and  brought  to  Boston,  where  he 
was  raced  in  the  matinees  of  the  Gentlemen's 
Driving  Club  at  Readville  for  three  weeks, 
and  then  won,  a  race  to  wagon  for  the  cham- 
pionship of  Boston.  After  this  he  was  taken 
to  the  Charies  River  Speedway  and  started  in 
eight  races  during  the  Fall  season,  all  of 
which  he  won,  trotting  a  mile  over  the  'half- 
mile  track  in  2:15  1-4,  hiiched  to  a  cart.  On 
this  day  the  track  was  in  far  from  its  best  con- 
dition, being  soggy  from  recent  rains. 

Bronson  was  carefully  wintered  at  Read- 
ville by  E.  D.  Bither  and  was  entered  in  the 
Spring  races  of  the  Short  Ship  Circuit  at 
Combination  Park,  Medford,  at  Haverhill, 
Worcester,  and  South  Framingham.  At  Ha- 
verhill he  won  one  heat  from  Margaret  Drui- 
en  in  2:131-4.  In  these  races  he  won  first 
money  once,  at  Worcester,  and  was  three 
times  second.  At  South  Framingham  he  made 
Earlwood  L.  turn  the  track  in  2:12  1-4  to  beat 
him  by  a  neck.  He  was  then  taken  to  the 
Charles  River  Speedway  and  raced  once,  low- 
ering the  track  record  for  trotters  to  2:14  1-2, 
to  cart. 

His  next  start  was  at  Monroe,  N.  Y.,  on 
August    II.    in    the    2:24    trotting    stake    of 


Si, 000,  which  he  won  in  straight  heats  in 
2:15  1-2,  2:14  1-2,  and  2:14.  He  then  raced  at 
Goshen,  N.  Y.,  in  the  2:20  trot  for  amateur 
drivers,  it  being  a  stake  valued  at  $2,000.  This 
event  he  also  won,  trotting  his  second  heat 
in  2:12  and  the  last  one  in  2:123-4,  the  final 
quarter  in  32  seconds.  The  following  week 
he  raced  at  Middletown,  N.  Y.,  in  the  2 :24 
class,  purse  $1,000,  winning  in  2:13  1-4,  the 
track  record  for  trotters. 

He  was  then  shipped  to  the  Rockingham 
Fair,  Salem,  N.  H.,  and  on  September  i,  m 
the  2:17  trot,  purse  $500,  he  gathered  in  first 
money  without  losing  a  heat,  the  final  one  be- 
ing in  2:12.  From  there  he  went  to  Hart-' 
ford.  Conn.,  and  on  September  7,  he  won  a 
$2,000  stake  very  easily  in  straight  heats,  the 
fastest  in  2:13  3-4.  His  last  professional  stan 
was  at  Brockton,  on  October  i,  where  he  won 
the  2:iQ  trotting  stake  of  $1,000,  the  fastest 
heat  in  2  :i4  1-4. 

The  record  of  Bronson,  under  the  very 
clever  reinsmanship  of  Mr.  Graves,  was 
nothing  short  of  sensational.  Many  experts 
of  horses  were  inclined  to  jibe  Mr.  Graves  in 
his  purchase  of  Bronson,  but  the  proof  has 
been  that  he  was  the  best  purchase  that  could 
possibly  have  been  made,  the  little  trotter  be- 
ing fearless,  easy  to  drive,  always  on  a  trot, 
and  honest  as  the  day  is  long.  It  was  pre- 
dicted the  season  of  1914  that  he  had  speed 
enough  to  turn  a  good  mile  track,  like  Colum- 
bus, in  2:06  or  2:07,  and  in  1915  the  oppor- 
tunity may  be  given  of  seeing  how  near  true 
this  prediction  ma_y  be. 

In  his  ten  professional  starts,  in  1914, 
Bronson  was  seven  times  first  and  three  times 
second,  his  total  winnings  amounting  to  the 
neat  sum  of  $4,395.  This  was  certainly  a  won- 
derful fun  horse  for  a  gentleman  driver  like 
Mr.  Graves,  for  outside  of  the  money  that  he 
earned,  it  was  very  likely  that  his  owner,  if 
asked,  would  say  that  he  had  earned  in  solid 
enjoyment  four  times  that  amount.  Mr. 
Graves  resides  in  Newton.  Mass. 


GEORGE  F.  LEONARD 

George  F.  Leonard,  one  of  Boston's  most 
successful  business  men,  first  became  inter- 
ested in  the  trotting  horse  about  twenty-five 
years  ago,  and  soon  after  was  made  president 
of  the  Bennington  (Vt.)  Driving  Club,  and 
drove  a  horse  to  victory  at  their  first  meeting. 
A  few  years  after  this  he  was  prime  mover  in 
the  organization  of  the  Gentlemen's  Driving 
Club  of  Boston,  and  served  that  club  on  the 
board  of  directors  and  the  racing  committee 
for  a  number  of  seasons.  During  this  time, 
Mr.  Leonard  won  a  large  number  of  silver 
cups  and  numerous  blue  ribbons  with  such 
good  trotters  as  Chimes  Bell,  2:09  3-4;  Fred 


MISS  MARY  MURPHY  and  "ROYAL  CHARLIE" 
Winner  of  Twenty-three  Blue  Ribbons  at  Prominent  Horse  Shows 


HIGH  ROLLER  and  HIGH  LADY 

Prize  and  Blue  Ribbon  Winners,  Either  Double  or  Tandem. 

Owned  and    Driven  by  M.  F.  Murphy 


GEORGE   G.   HALL 
His  Many  Matched  Pairs  of  Fast  Trotters  Have  Made  Him  Famous  in  Horse  Circles 


EARLY   BIRD,   JR.,    2:11  1-2 
Winner  of  Readville  Race,  to  Wagon,  in  2:11  3-4.      One  of  Few  Pacers  to  Defeat  Kentucky  Star. 
Owned  and  Driven  by  George  Robinson  Hall 


Photo  from  Boston  Herald 

GLORIA   WILKES   (Matinee  Record),  2:18  1-4 
Winner  of  Four  Silver  Cups  and  Club  Trotting  Championship  One  Season  at  Readville  Track. 

Owned  and  Driven  by  Frank  Gardner  Hall 


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Ames,  2:20  3-4,  matinee  record  2:15  1-4; 
Lucky  Jim,  2:20  1-4;  Charley  King, 
2:14  1-4;  Pierpont  Morgan  (2),  2:27  3-4,  and 
a  half-mile  matinee  record  of  i  :o2 ;  Southern 
Spy,  matinee  record  of  i  :o5  1-2,  and  Belinuu 
.2:23.  One  season  Mr.  Leonard  won  every 
start  he  made  with  Pierpont  Morgan  in  the 
Readville  matinees. 

On  August  23,  1905,  Mr.  Leonard  won  a 
hard  fought  race  with  Chimes  Bell,  and  gave 
her- a  matinee  wagon  record  of  2:14  1-4, 
which  was  the  fastest  mile  to  wagon  by  a 
green  trotter  made  that  year.  For  his  victory 
he  was  given  a  large  set  of  tubular  chime 
bells. 

Mr.  Leonard  was  one  of  the  first  members 
of  the  Metropolitan  Driving  Club,  and  soon 
after  joined  the  Dorchester  and  Fellsway 
Clubs,  where  he  was  active  and  a  help  in 
many  ways.  He  has  been  on  the  board  of 
directors,  and  served  on  other  committees 
in  the  Metropolitan  Driving  Club. 

It  has  always  been  a  great  pleasure  to  Mr. 
Leonard  to  drive  that  good,  all-around  road 
horse,  Southern  Spy,  that  won  all  of  his  races 
the  first  season  out,  and  has  to  his  credit  a 
large  number  of  silver  cups  that  he  captured 
in  the  show  ring.  For  six  years  he^  was  a 
constant  winner  of  blue  ribbons  and,  in  1914, 
he  was  as  sound  as  a  colt. 

It  was  for  a  number  of  years  Mr.  Leon- 
ard's opinion  that  early  racing  over  the 
Massachusetts  half-mile  tracks  would  be 
beneficial  to  horse  owners  and  the  breeders 
of  the  light  harness  horse,  but  he  was  not  able 
to  bring  this  about  until  1914  when,  with  the 
assistance  of  Justin  Edwards  and  Samuel  B. 
Hastings,  the  Bay  State  Short  Ship  Circuit 
was  started  with  Mr.  Leonard  president, 
and  it  proved  an  unqualified  success.  At  the 
meeting  of  the  Circuit  Stewards  at  Young's 
Hotel,  Boston,  on  November  18,  1914,  Mr. 
Leonard,  not  desiring  the  presidency,  another 
term,  was  made  one  of  the  executive  com- 
mittee in  the  continuation  of  the  circuit  for 
the  year  191 5.  Mr.  Leonard  resides  in 
Brookline,  Mass. 

JOHN   L.   OILMAN 

John  L.  Oilman  was  born  in  Newfields, 
N.  H.,  in  1S59,  and  was  graduated  from  the 
schools  of  Exeter,  N.  H.  His  first  work  in 
Boston  was  in  the  wholesale  dry  goods  de- 
jiartment  of  Jordan  Marsh  Co.  in  1878.  In 
1886  he  opened  a  hotel  and  cafe,  at  Revere 
Beach,  and  continued  in  this  business  for 
himself  for  fourteen  years. 

He  has  been  an  honorary  member  of  the 
Metropolitan  Driving  Club  since  its  organi- 
zation, and  the  success  of  the  club  is  largely 
due  to  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Oilman,  as  he  has 


been  superintendent  of  the  Charles  River,  up- 
per division.  Metropolitan  Park  Commission 
since  1899,  which  in  part  takes  in  the  Charles 
River  Speedway.  Constant  vigilance,  with 
good  judgment,  made  the  straightaway 
speedway  one  of  the  very  fastest  in  the  whole 
country. 

The  half-mile  track  was  constructed  by  Mr, 
Oilman  having  his  employees  dump  ashes 
over  the  marsh  and  afterward  the  loam  top- 
soil,  that  completed  the  track,   was  put  on. 

There  was  some  opposition  on  the  part  of 
the  Metropolitan  Park  Commissioners  in 
building  a  half-mile  track,  they  believing  that 
the  expense  would  be  too  much  for  them  to 
burden  the  taxpayers  with.  0.  H.  Belledeu, 
then  president,  had  explained  his  plan  of  the 
half-mile  circle  going  between  the  speedway 
proper  and  the  river.  After  visiting  the 
Metropolitan  Park  Commissioners,  Mr.  Belle- 
deu informed  Mr.  Oilman  of  what  was  their 
decision,  to  which  the  latter  replied: 

"You  leave  that  to  me,  Mr.  Belledeu,  we 
iiave  tons  and  tons  of  ashes,  and  I  will  make 
that  plot  of  land  the  dumping  place  for  these 
ashes.  It  will  take  only  a  short  time  before 
the  ground  required  will  be  filled  in  and  then 
the  Metropolitan  Park  Commissioners  can 
look  it  over  and  see  what  a  slight  expense 
will  put  on  an  additional  cover  of  loam  and 
complete  the  half-mile  track." 

What  happened  and  how  it  came  out,  the 
members  of  the  club  now  well  know.  The 
half-mile  track  is  one  of  the  best  outdoors, 
and  is  greatly  enjoyed  by  the  horse-loving 
public  of  Oreater  Boston.  Mr.  Oilman  has 
always  been  alert  in  keeping,  in  per- 
fect condition  the  straightaway  track,  the 
half-mile  course,  the  horse  show  ring,  and  all 
of  the  other  appointments  at  the  speedway. 

Mr.  Oilman  is  a  member  of  the  Masons, 
Pequossett  Lodge,  Watertown,  and  of  the 
Neptune  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,  Revere.  He 
resides  at  525  AVestern  Ave.,  Brighton,  Mass. 

FRANK   G.   TROTT 

Frank  G.  Trott  was  born  in  Council 
Bluffs,  la.,  in  1871.  After  receiving  his 
education,  he  entered  partnership  with  his 
father,  Lemuel  O,  in  the  publishing  of  a  turf 
paper.  Spirit  of  the  Hub,  where  he  remained 
from  1889  to  1896.  In  the  Spring  of  the 
latter  year  he  went  on  the  Boston  Olobe  as 
assistant  to  Allen  Lowe,  and  became  turf 
editor,  with  complete  charge  of  that  depart- 
ment, on  January  i,  1898,  where  he  has  since 
remained. 

Mr.  Trott  has  been  a  valuable  aid  in  pro- 
moting the  horse  interests  of  New  England 
with  his  clear  cut  and  concise  accounts  of  the 
racing    and    of    the    men    prominent    in    its 


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JOHN  H.  JEWETT 

First    Presiding    Judge    at    Charles    River 

Speedway;     Helped     to     Organize 

Metropolitan  Club;  Turf  Writer 

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LEMUEL  G.  TROTT 

Who  Helped   Organize  Metropolitan  Club 

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Turf  Writer  on  Boston  Globe 


EARL  W.   FARNUM 
Turf  Writer  on  Lynn  Item 


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affairs.  He  is  a  devoted  admirer  of  the  light 
harness  horse  and  enjoys  nothing  better  than 
spending  his  spare  time  at  the  race  tracks, 
working  out  some  of  the  fast  horses.  In  the 
Winter  season,  Mr.  Trott  is  an  enthusiast  of 
ice-boat  racing,  he  having  owned  some  of  the 
fastest  boats  that  have  raced  on  the  ponds 
north  of  Boston.  Mr.  Trott  resides  at 
Winchester,   Mass. 

LEMUEL  G.  TROTT 

Lemuel  G.  Trott  was  born  in  Woolwich, 
Me.,  in  1844.  After  attending  Kent's  Hill 
Seminary,  he  was  graduated  from  Bates 
College.  He  started  the  Spirit  of  the  Hub,  a 
weekly  turf  paper,  in  1887,  a  publication  that 
was  much  appreciated  by  the  horsemen  dur- 
ing its  years  of  existence.  With  the  dispos- 
ing of  the  Spirit  of  the  Hub,  Mr.  Trott  was 
associated  with  several  of  the  Boston  daily 
papers,  gathering  the  local  turf  news  of  im- 
portance. 

Mr.  Trott  was  one  of  the  instigators  of  the 
Metropolitan  Driving  Club,  his  series  of 
articles  arousing  the  local  horsemen  to  the 
first  gatherings  held  in  Young's  Hotel.  It 
was  he  who  engaged  the  room  at  that 
hostelry  for  the  initial  meeting  m  the  organ- 
ization of  the  club.  After  the  club  was 
started  he  was  an  earnest  worker  in  securing 
members,  and  was  the  first  official  pro- 
grammer in  the  matinees  at  Charles  River 
Speedway. 

Mr.  Trott  met  his  death  in  a  railroad 
accident  in  1908,  and  his  sudden  demise  was 
a  distinct  shock  to  his  horde  of  friends  and 
acquaintances  throughout  New  England.  He 
had  spent  nearly  a  lifetime  in  the  interests 
of  the  trotter  and  pacer,  and  had  seen  the 
sport  and  the  breeding  farms  grow  to  one  of 
the  most  important  industries  of  this  section 
of  the  countr}"-,  the  trouble  days  of  racing 
having  just  l^egun  when  his  death  occurred. 


EARL  W.  FARNUM 

Of  the  newspapermen  who  have  been 
closely  connected  v/ith  various  activities  of 
horsemen  and  who  are  still  enthusiastic  titrf 
writers,  Earl  W.  Farnum,  sporting  writer  of 
the  Lynn  Item,  the  largest  daily  in  Essex 
county,  is  among  the  more  prominent.  Nearly 
five  years  in  Lynn  has  made  something  of  a 
Bay  Stater  of  him,  but  he  is  a  native  of 
Providence,  R.  I.,  and  for  many  years  was 
the  leading  sporting  writer  of  "Little  Rhody," 
as  sporting  editor  of  the  Providence  Tele- 
gram and  the  Tribune  which  succeeded  it. 
During  that  period  he  was  a  familiar  con- 
tributor to  the  American  Horse  Breeder  and 
other   turf  papers.     He   has   a   rich   store  of 


memories  of  road  racing  in  Providence  ana 
Narragansett  Park  Grand  Circuit  sport. 

In  1910  Mr.  Farnum  published  the  New 
England  Horse  Journal  in  Providence.  It 
was  a  lively  weekly  while  racing  flourished 
at  Narragansett  Park,  Hillsgrove,  and 
VVoonsocket  and,  when  forced  to  succumb 
because  of  the  changed  conditions,  it  re- 
funded every  dollar  advanced. 

In  Lynn  Mr.  Farnum  has  done  much  to 
keep  interest  alive  in  the  horse.  In  1912  his 
work  as  secretary  of  the  Lynn  Work-Horse 
Parade  helped  materially  in  the  turning  out 
of  more  than  500  horses,  the  biggest  parade 
of  the  kind  New  England  has  ever  had,  with 
the  exception  of  the  Boston  parades. 

In  1913  he  was  made  matchmaker  of  the 
Lynn  Driving  Club's  championship  matinees, 
at  Rockdale  Park,  and  the  season  was  one  of 
the  most  interesting  and  successful  that  club 
had  enjoyed  for  some  time.  For  three  years 
he  had  served  in  the  judges"  stand,  without 
missing  a  meeting.  In  recognition  of  his 
services,  he  was  made  the  third  honorary 
member  of  that  club.  Similar  honors  have 
1:)een  conferred  upon  him  by  other  clubs,  the 
first  being  by  the  Providence  Driving  Club  a 
dozen    years   ago. 

Over  a  period  of  15  ye?rs,  Mr.  Farnum  has 
been  a  familiar  figure  in  the  press  box  and 
among  the  "regulars"  of  New  England  rac- 
ing. Before  that  time  he  had  become  an  en- 
thusiastic road  driver  in  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  while 
studying  law  with  a  relative,  and  learned  some 
of  the  angles  of  the  sport  by  association  with 
such  horsemen  as  Harry  Hersey,  since 
famous  as  the  pilot  of  Dan  Patch,  Jud  Par- 
sons, B.  T.  Birney,  Lish  Gulick  and  other 
horse  spirits  of  the  Chemung  Valley.  This 
knowledge  was  of  value  when  he  entered 
newspaper  work,  as  the  racing  at  Narragan- 
sett Park,  of  that  period,  had  no  difficulty 
in  being  recognized  in  Providence  as  the 
"sport  of  kings." 


CYRUS  C.  MAYBERRY 

Cyrus  C.  Mayberry  was  born  in  Casco, 
Me.,  in  185 1.  After  passing  the  common 
schools  of  his  native  town,  he  was  graduated 
from  the  Bridgton  (Me.)  Academy,  and  the 
Brj'ant  &  Stratton  Business  College  of  Bos- 
ton. His  first  work  in  Boston  was  in  1872 
as  accountant  for  C.  R.  Richardson  & 
Co.,  Water  Street.  Later  he  was  employed 
in  the  law  office  of  Judge  G.  A.  Upton,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1882,  since  which 
time  he  has  conducted  a  law  and  real  estate 
office  at  28  School  Street,  Boston. 

Mr.  Mayberry  was  one  of  the  first  mem- 
bers of  the  Metropolitan  Driving  Club.  In 
the   early   days   of  the   club   he   was   greatly 


E.   L.   SHARPNECK 

Well-Known  Member  of  Metropolitan  Club  and 

a    Crack   Bowler 


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JOHN   W.   CAWLEY 
One  of  Metropolitan  Club's  Silent  Workers 


KNAPP  FORSHNER 
Leading  Trainer  and   Driver   in  Greater   Boston 


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interested  in  inducing  horsemen  to  join.  He 
has  served  on  the  executive  committee,  board 
of  chrectors,  and  was  chairman  of  the  racing 
committee  in  1913-14. 

Mr.  Mayberr}'  has  been  closely  identified 
in  the  history  of  both  the  Saugus  and  Mystic 
tracks.  The  former  he  purchased,  in  the  Fall 
of  1883,  in  company  with  three  other  men. 
He  employed  J.  A.  Snow  for  secretary  and 
they  gave  race  meetings  for  four  years.  He 
sold  the  track  to  O.  S.  Roberts  in  i88q,  but 
bought  it  back  a  year  later,  being  one  of  a 
syndicate  of  ten  Lynn  men.  Soon  after  he 
sold  the  racing  plant  to  George  A.  Engleman 
and  others,  owners  of  Brighton  Beach  race 
course. 

In  1903  Mr.  Mayberry  headed  a  syndicate 
of  land  owners  and  purchased  the  famous 
Mystic  Park,  in  Medford,  from  Horace 
Willis  and  the  widow  of  Thomas  J.  Alex- 
ander. The  land  was  cut  into  building  lots, 
and  in  1914  it  was  practically  covered  with 
dwellings,  with  rhe  exception  of  the  back- 
stretch  of  the  race  track. 

Mr.  Mayberry  was  owner  of  the  Island 
View  Farm,  Whitefield,  N.  H.,  and  later 
bought  the  Mayberry  Farm  in  Casco,  Me., 
where  the  well  known  stallion  William 
Albert,  2:16  1-2,  heads  his  stud  of  brood 
mares.  He  has  bred,  had  developed  and 
raced,  Ben  Wilkes,  2:17  1-4;  Domino, 
2:16  1-2;  Tommy  L.,  2:19  1-4;  Bertmont, 
2:181-4;  Dr.  Billings,  2:181-4;  Cleoberta, 
2:201-2;  Prince  Albert,  2:241-4;  Leoberta, 
2:26  1-2:  Mordica,  2:20  1-4;  Zephyr, 
2:21  3-4;  Frank  Albert,  2:22  1-4;  Montbert, 
2:22;  Nancy  Bingen,  2:15  1-4;  Cassandra, 
2 :24  1-2,  and  more  than  ico  others.  Mr. 
Ma)'berry  resides  at  9  Stetson  Street,  Brook- 
line,  Mass. 


E.    L.    SHARPNECK 

E.  F.  SiiARPNECK  was  born  in  Parkers- 
burg,  W.  Va.,  in  1855.  He  attended  th-; 
schools  in  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  completing 
his  studies  with  a  thorough  course  in  mechani- 
cal engineering.  He  started  in  business  for 
himself  as  an  inventor  and  mechanical  engi- 
neer, spending  several  years  in  Chicago.  In 
1900  he  came  to  Boston  and  located  in  the 
Tremont  Building,  and  in  the  past  few  years 
he  has  had  a  suite  of  offices  at  88  Broad  St. 
Mr.  Sharpneck  is  known  throughout  the  coun- 
try in  his  chosen  field  of  mechanical  engineer- 
ing and  as  an  inventor.  He  has  placed  on  the 
market  many  patents  that  are  in  constant  use. 
His  anti-friction  roller  bearing  is  being  taken' 
up  by  the  prominent  railroads  of  the  United 
States  and  Canada. 

Mr.  Sharpneck  joined  the  Metropolitan 
Club  in  19 14,  and  while  he  has  owned  several 


high-class  driving  horses,  yet  he  has  not 
invested  in  speed  horses  to  the  present 
time.  Despite  that,  however,  he  is  frequently 
seen  at  the  speedway  on  the  days  of  matinee 
racing,  and  it  is  predicted  by  his  friends  that 
the  time  is  short  before  he  gets  the  fever  so 
badly  that  the  result  will  be  his  buying  a  fast 
trotter  or  pacer.  Mr.  Sharpneck's  hobby,  out- 
side of  his  home  life,  is  bowling,  at  which  he 
is  recognized  as  one  of  the  cleverest  amateurs 
in  Greater  Boston.  He  resides  at  Winthrop 
Highlands,  Mass. 


KNAPP  FORSHNER 

Knapp  Forshner  was  born  in  Wallace, 
Cumberland  County,  N.  S.,  in  1865,  and  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  schools  of  his 
native  town.  His  first  work  was  in  1884, 
making  jewelry  in  the  shop  of  Draper,  Pate 
&  Bailey,  Attleboro,  Mass.  He  started  in 
business  for  himself  in  1894,  in  North  Attle- 
boro, opening  a  sale  and  boarding  stable  and 
dealing  in  coal  and  wood.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Metropolitan,  Fellsway,''and  Dorches- 
ter Driving  Clubs. 

Mr.  Forshner  first  became  interested  in 
horses  at  North  Attleboro,  where  he  con- 
ducted a  public  stable  at  the  local  half-mile 
track.  Leaving  North  Attleboro,  he  located 
at  Combination  Park,  and  was  then  in  the 
hotel  business  in  Brighton.  After  that  he 
removed  to  Providence,  where  he  was  in  the 
stable  business  and  run  a  horseshoeing  es- 
tablishment, also  trained  a  string  of  horses 
at  Narragansett  Park  for  Fred  E.  Perkins, 
the  owner  of  the  track  property.  W'hen 
Narragansett  was  turned  over  for  the  use 
of  the  running  horse,  Mr.  Forshner  removed 
to  Hillsgrove,  R.  I.,  selling  out  his  business 
in  Providence.  He  then  returned  to  Med- 
ford, where  he  ran  the  Medford  Inn  and 
staljle,  and  trained  horses  at  Combination 
Park.  His  next  venture  was  in  the  horse- 
shoeing business  in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  and 
running  a  public  training  stable  in  Kenoza 
Park.  There  he  remained  one  year,  when 
he  returned  to  Boston  and  bought  a  grocery 
and  provision  business,  which  he  disposed 
of  in  the  Spring  of  1914,  that  season  training 
horses  at  the  Charles  River  Speedway. 

Mr.  Forshner,  during  his  extended  turf 
career,  gave  records  to  about  twenty-five  of 
his  own  horses,  from  2:10  to  2:30,  and  fully 
as  many  were  given  their  records  by  him 
that  were  owned  by  other  parties.  He  had 
good  success  with  the  pacing  mare,  Edna  B., 
2:09  1-2,  the  season  of  1914,  winning  four 
free-for-alls  getting  second  money  four  times, 
and  fourth  money  once,  The  times  that  he 
was  second,  he  was  defeated  by  the  almost 
invincible    half-mile    pacing    gelding    of    that 


Photo  by  Chickering 

EDWIN  B.  RICE 

Owner  of  the  "Big  Four"  of  New  England— Anaconda,  2:01  3-4;  John  M.,  2:02  3-4; 

Royal  R.  Sheldon,  2:04  3-4,  and  The  Friend,  2:05  1-4 


World's  Double-Gaited  Champion 


ANACONDA,  Pacing,  2:01  3-4;  Trotting,  2:09  3-4  (John  Trout  Up) 

After  Securing  His  Pacing  Record  Anaconda,  witliout  tlie  Aid  of  Hopples  or  Heavy  Slioeing,  Earned 

His  Trotting  Record,  tlie  Combined  Time  of  Whicli  is  Nearly  Three  Seconds  Faster  Than 

to  the  Credit  of  Any  Other  Harness  Horse.     Anaconda  Was  the  Property  of 

Edwin  B.  Rice,  One  of  Boston's  Foremost  Horsemen 


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year,  Fred  W.  Edna  Jj.  was  owned  in  part- 
nership b}'  Mr.  Forshner  and  John  H. 
Weeks,  of  Brookline.  In  the  handling  of 
trotters  and  pacers,  Mr.  F"orshner  has  been 
successfnl,  he  having-  been  particularly  ex- 
pert in  the  balancing  of  trotters.  Mr.  Forsh- 
ner resides  in  Maiden,  Mass. 


JOHN  W.  CAWLEY 

John  W.  Cawley  was  born  in  East  Haver- 
hill, N.  H.,  in  1866,  and  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  that  town.  In 
1888  he  accepted  a  clerical  position  with  the 
Standard  Oil  Co.,  which  was  his  first  work 
in  Boston.  Three  years  later  he  started  in 
business  for  himself,  opening  a  brokerage 
office  at  53  State  St.,  where  he  is  still  located. 
He  became  a  member  of  the  Metropolitan 
Driving  Club  in  1914,  and  promises  to  be  one 
of  the  real  active  members  of  the  organiza- 
tion. He  owned  Lothair,  2:19,  and  enjoys 
hugely  the  matinees  at  Charles  River  Speed- 
way.    Mr.  Cawley  resides  in  Brookline,  Mass. 


JESSE    EDDY 

Jesse  Eddy  was  born  in  Fall  River,  Mass., 
in  1868,  and  attended  the  grammar  and  high 
schools  of  his  native  city.  In  1889  he  entered 
the  employ  of  A.  Shuman  &  Co.,  clothiers  of 
Boston,  and  is  now  identified  with  the  same 
business,  being  employed  by  the  John  F.  Fitz- 
gerald Clothing  Co.  Mr.  Eddy  joined  the 
A'letropolitan  Driving  Club  in  1906.  He  has 
been  a  member  of  several  of  the  committees, 
the  most  important  being  the  racing  commit- 
tee, of  which  he  was  secretary  from  1908  to 
1912.  While  holding  this  position  he  became, 
if  possible,  even  more  popular  with  the  mem- 
bers racing  horses  on  account  of  his  thor- 
ough impartiality,  each  and  every  man  own- 
ing a  horse  being  the  same  to  him  when  it 
came  to  classifying  them  in  a  horse  race. 

Of  the  horses  that  Mr.  Eddy  has  owned 
can  be  brought  to  mind  Sir  Albert  S., 
2:03  3-4;  The  Baron,  2:19  1-4;  Brown  Bess, 
trial  2 :28,  and  Bobby  Patchen.  Mr.  Eddy  is 
a  member  of  the  fraternal  lodge  of  Masons. 
He  resides  at  33  Otis  St.,  Melrose.  Mass. 


SAMUEL   BOUVE   HASTINGS 

Samuel  Bouve  Hastings  was  born  in 
Maiden,  Mass.,  in  1875,  and  attended  the 
public  schools  of  that  city.  His  first  work 
in  Boston  was  in  1893  for  his  father,  A.  W. 
Hastings,  senior  member  of  the  firm  of 
A.  W.  Hastings  &  Co.,  dealers  in  windows 
and  doors,  at  134  Friend  Street,  Boston, 
Mass.  He  started  in  business  for  himself  in 
1902,  with  the  retirement  of  his  father  from 
the  firm.  He  joined  the  Metropolitan  Driv- 
ing  Club,   being   among   the   first    meml^ers. 


and   is   also  a  member   (if  the   Elks   and   the 
Boston   City   Club. 

Mr.  Flastings  has  been  strongly  identified 
with  the  professional  and  amateur  sport  for 
a  number  of  years  and  has  owned  the  best. 
Among  those  that  he  has  raced  are:  Fligh- 
hall,  2:033-4;  The  Ideal  Lady,  2:091-4; 
Morine,  2:091-4;  Mansfield,  2:051-4; 
Chimes  Hal,  2:06  3-4;  Doctor  C,  2:13  1-4; 
etc.  Mr.  Hastings  is  very  capable  in  the 
(iriving  of  a  trotter  or  pacer,  as  was  demon- 
slrated  at  the  Brockton  Fair,  in  1914,  when 
he  got  up  behind  the  pacer,  Dick  IDirect,  and 
won  the  race  in  several  seconds  faster  tinie 
than  what  the  same  horse  was  defeated  in 
earlier  in  the  week.  Mr.  Hastings  resides  at 
Lexington,  Mass. 


GEORGE    W.    NORTON 

George  W.  Norton  was  born  in  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.,  in  1857,  and  attended  the 
schools  of  Allston,  Mass.  His  first  work 
was  for  his  father,  Edward  H.  N'orton, 
manufacturer  of  soap.  In  1882  he  succeeded 
his  father  in  the  soap  business,  in  Cambridge, 
where  he  is  still  located.  He  was  one  of  the 
first  members  of  the  Metropolitan  Driving 
Club,  of  which  he  is  a  life  member,  and  has 
served  on  the  board  of  directors.  He  also 
belongs  to  the  B.  A.  A. 

Mr.  Norton  is  one  of  the  leading  matinee 
enthusiasts,  as  well  as  having  been  promi- 
nent on  the  professional  turf.  Among  those 
he  has  raced  for  cash  prizes  were :  Salhe 
Hook,  2 :09,  and  also  a  matinee  record  to 
wagon  of  2:09;  The  Shah,  2:103-4;  Jim 
Corbett,  2:15;  Walter  Roberts,  2:16  1-2;  etc. 
He  is  the  breeder  and  owner  of  the  sterling 
trotter.  The  Mason,  2:17  1-4,  that  won  more 
money  in  the  Bay  State  Short  Ship  Circuit 
in  1914  than  any  other  trotter,  having  $1,625 
to  his  credit  in  nine  races,  of  which  he  got 
five  firsts,  two  seconds,  and  once  each  a  third 
and  a  fourth.  After  the  Spring-field  meet. 
The  Mason  came  to  his  true  racing  form,  and 
from  then  on  was  unbeaten  in  the  circuit,  win- 
ning his  next  five  remaining  stake  engage- 
ments and  losing  only  three  of  the  eighteen 
heats  which  he  raced  at  Northampton,  Hills- 
grove,  Taunton,  Marshfield,  and  Fitchburg. 
The  Mason  was  out  of  the  mare,  Fly-a-way, 
2:29  1-4,  which  Mr.  Norton  drove  on  the 
road  and  raced  during  the  sleighing  season  on 
Beacon  Street  Boulevard  for  many  seasons. 
With  her  retirement  from  active  work,  he 
bred  Fly-a-way  to  Alliewood,  2 :09  1-2,  the 
result  being  The  Mason.  Mr.  Norton  resides 
in  Lexington,  Mass.,  where  he  has  a  very 
comfortable  stock  farm,  which  is  called  the 
Peacock  Farm. 


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T.    LEE    QUIMBY 

T.  Lee  Quimbv  was  born  in  Stanstead, 
Quebec.  Canada,  in  1864.  He  attended  the 
Stanstead  Wesleyan  College  and  was  grad- 
uated from  McGill  University.  His  first 
work  was  writing  for  the  daily  newspapers, 
starting  on  the  IMontreal  Star,  and  later 
being  with  the  jMontreal  Herald  and  then 
the  Canadian  Sportsman.  In  1902  he  came 
to  Eoston,  taking  the  position  of  manager 
of  the  American  Horse  Breeder,  where  he 
remained  until  the  publication  changed 
ownership.  He  is  at  present  interested  in 
the  sale  agency  at  220  Devonshire  Street, 
Boston. 

Mr.  Ouiniby  was  one  of  the  first  mem- 
bers of  the  Gentlemen's  Driving  Club  of 
Boston,  and  at  the  initial  election  in  1889,  was 
elected  to  the  office  of  secretary,  which  posi- 
tion he  has  since  filled.  He  is  also  secre- 
tary and  treasurer  of  the  League  of  Ama- 
teur Driving  Clubs,  that  comprise  a  mem- 
bership of  clubs  representing  the  larg-er 
cities  in  the  country,  like  Cleveland,  New 
York,   Syracuse,   Pittsburgh,   etc. 

In  his  position  on  the  Horse  Breeder,  and 
m  his  official  capacity  with  the  matinee 
sport,  Mr.  Ouimby  has  always  been  active 
in  furthering  the  interests  of  amateur  rac- 
ing. His  articles  were  instructive,  pithv, 
well-balanced  and,  withal,  contained  the  true 
enthusiasm,  ably  inspired  by  the  writer, 
well  versed  in  his  chosen  sport.  In  his  office 
of  secretary  he  was  zealous  in  the  eleva- 
tion of  matinee  racing  to  the  highest  scope, 
believing  that  the  American  trotter  was  the 
best  horse  bred  in  the  world  for  the  use 
of  gentlemen. 

Mr.  Ouimby  has  indulged  in  matinee  rac- 
ing, having  owned  several  ,that  he  raced 
in  the  events  of  the  Gentlemen's  Driving 
Club  of  Boston.  He  resides  at  132  Apple- 
ton   Street,   Arlington   Heights,   Mass. 


■WILBUR  L.  DUNTLEY 

Wilbur  L.  Duntley  was  born  in  Rochester, 
K.  H.,  in  1871,  and  after  passing  the  schools 
of  his  native  city  attended  Dartmouti:  Col- 
lege. He  came  to  Boston  in  1897  to  work 
for  the  Boston  Herald  in  the  art  department. 
After  several  years  with  that  paper,  he  be- 
came connected  with  the  American  Horse 
Breeder  and  other  publications.  He  was  one 
of  the  prime  movers  and  manager  in  the  re- 
organization of  Rockingham  Park,  Salem. 
N.  H.,  into  one  of  the  biggest  annual  fairs 
of  New  England. 

Mr.  Duntlev  has  a  wide  reputation,  as  an 
artist,  he  having  painted  some  of  the  most 
celebrated  horses  on  the  American  turf.  In 
recent  years  his  painting  of  Uhlan,  and  the 


"A  Dash  for  a  Fortune,"  the  illustration  of  the 
famous  $50,000  race,  is  considered  by  critics 
the  work  of  a  master.  He  is  at  present  engaged 
in  his  chosen  vocation  of  placing  on  canvas 
prominent  horses  in  action. 

]\lr.  Duntley  joined  the  Metropolitan  Driv- 
ing Club  in  igcS,  and  was  elected  secretary 
that  year,  which  office  he  has  since  held.  His 
partiality  for  the  horse  has  led  him  to  en- 
gage in  racing  both  as  an  amateur  and  in  the 
professional  field.  He  has  owned  and  de- 
veloped seven  trotters  that  raced  in  better 
than  2:16.  Of  the  ones  prominent  in  mati- 
nee racing  are  :  Enoch  W.,  2  :i6  1-4 ;  Margate, 
2:08  1-4;  Una  D.,  2:27  1-4;  Clontarf,  Jr., 
2:241-4;  etc.  Mr.  Duntley  resides  at  1141 
Commonwealth    Avenue,   AUston,   Mass. 


W.  J.  FURBUSH 

W.  J-  FuRBTTSH  was  born  in  Lebanon,  Me., 
in  1865,  and  received  his  education  in  the 
local  schools  of  his  native  town.  His  first 
work  in  liioston  was  in  1886,  in  the  grocery 
store  of  his  brother,  A.  J.  Furbush,  in  the 
Brighton  district.  He  started  in  business  for 
himself  in  1891,  opening  a  grocery  and  pro- 
vision store  in  West  Newton,  where  he  is 
at  present  located  at  64  Chestnut  Street. 
He  was  one  of  the  first  to  join  the  Metro- 
politan Driving  Club,  of  which  he  is  a  life 
member.  He  was  very  active  in  its  affairs, 
having  served  on  the  board  of  directors  and 
as  vice-president.  He  is  also  a  charter  mem- 
ber of  the  A.  O.  U.  W. 

Mr.  Furbush  has  been  for  years  very 
strongly  interested  in  horses,  he  having 
owned  and  raced  some  of  the  best  that  have 
left  Massachusetts.  One  never  to  be  forgot- 
ten was  the  pacing  gelding,  Phoebon  W., 
2  :o8  3-4,  which  record  he  obtained  the  third 
heat  of  his  race  at  Saugus  track  and  is  still 
the  track  record.  This  gelding  was  raced 
by  Mr.  Furbush  in  the  Provinces  and  Can- 
ada and  one  season  he  won  every  race  in 
which  he  started.  On  the  ice  at  Ottawa  he 
gained  the  then  world's  record  bj',  winning 
the- first  heat  of  his  race  in  2:16  1-4,  and  was 
rewarded  with  a  silver  cup  by  the  association 
for  his  performance.  On  this  event  was 
waged  $22,oco  in  the  pool  box.  In  this  meet- 
ing he  won  the  2  :c6  pace  on  Tuesday  and  the 
free-for-all  on  Friday  in  the  sanTe  week. 
Mr.  Furbush  sold  Phoebon  W.  for  $3,500,  but 
later  he  bought  him  back  and  he  is  now 
owned  by  himself  and  hib  brother,  A.  C,  who 
intend  that  he  shall  die  their  property. 

Other  horses  of  importance  campaigned 
or  matineed  by  Mr.  Furbush  were  Parker  S., 
2:061-2;  Coney,  2:02:  My  Star,  2:033-4; 
Louise  G.,  pacing,  2  :o8  1-2,  trotting,  2  :2i.  The 
last  named  captured  the  speed  cup  given  by 


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245 


the  Metropolilan  Driving  Club  for  trotters  in 
the  Spring  series  of  1909,  winning  her 
fourth  heat  in  i  :oi  1-4.  In  the  Fall  series 
of  that  year,  she  won  the  point  cup  for 
pacers,  and  in  the  Fall  series  of  1910,  she 
was_  placed  to  trotting  again,  capturing  the 
speed  cup  with  a  winning  heat  of  i  :02  I -2. 
Then  came  from  his  stable  Paul  Revere, 
2:071-2;  Col.  Taylor,  2:091-2,  winner  of  a 
five-mile  race  at  Montreal ;  Red  Pepper, 
2:171-2;  Mazie  Sidney,  trial  2:131-4,  win- 
ner of  the  championship  ribbon  for  two  sea- 
sons at  the  Franklin  Field  Speedway,  and, 
when  A'lr.  Furbush  sold  her,  he  gave  tb.e  rib- 
Ijon  back  to  the  Dorchester  Driving  Club  to 
again  be  raced  for.  Others  not  before  men- 
tioned were  Young  Clon,  2:131-4;  General 
Fiske,  2:143-4,  and  some  150  more  with 
records  in  2  :3o  or  better.  Mr.  Furbush  re- 
sides at  66  Davis  Avenue,  West  Newton, 
Mass. 


HARRY  J.  RUSSELL 

Harry  J.  Russell,  twenty-tive  years  ago, 
•opened  a  real  estate  and  investment  office  at 
79  Milk  Street,  Boston,  which  he  has,  by  con- 
stant application  and  good  business  iudg- 
ment,  developed  into  one  of  the  largest  in  the 
■city.  He  joined  the  Metropolitan  Driving 
Club  at  its  first  meeting  in  Young's  Hotel, 
and,  when  the  second  meeting  came  about,  put 
in  ten  new  members,  paying  their  dues  with 
his  personal  check.  He  also  belongs  to  the 
Dorchester  and  the  Gentlemen's  Driving  Clubs 
of  Boston. 

Mr.  Russell  has  one  hobby — a  good  road 
liorse,  and  always  has  him  hooked  right. 
Probably  no  horse  was  better  known  in 
Greater  Boston  than  Picture  Hat,  and  he  was 
in  every  way  what  his  name  designates — a 
picture.  He  had  2 :20  speed,  was  a  free 
■driver  and  perfectly  mannered,  which,  with 
beauty,  made  a  great  combination  of  quali- 
ties to  be  found  in  one  horse.  Hitched 
•double  with  Addison  A.,  the  pair  would  give 
a  person  a  most  magnificent  ride,  not  think- 
ing anything  of  stepping  off  a  thirtv-mile 
journe}'  in  one  afternoon. 

In  the  early  days  of  racing  at  Charles 
River  Speedway,  Mr.  Russell,  besides  Picture 
Hat,  had  in  the  matinees  the  fast  pacer.  The 
Private,  2:07  1-2,  that  was  driven  by  M.  A. 
Nevens,  Queen  Flizabeth,  Jessie  K., 
2:26  1-2;  Kidnapper,  2:24;  Frank  Herdic, 
2:17  1-4;  Ivitty  Wilkes,  2:24  1-4,  etc.  Mr. 
Hussell  resides  at  467  Massachusetts  Avenue, 
Tjoston. 


in  the  schools  of  New  Flanipshire,  \'ermont 
and  Massachusetts,  his  parents  moving  from 
one  to  the  other  of  these  states  while  he  was 
a  young  man.  His  first  work  in  Boston' was  in 
1848,  in  the  employ  of  Daniel  Whitaker,  soap 
manufacturer,  in  Jamaica  Plain.  In  1852  he 
started  in  the  soap  business  for  himself  in 
Jamaica  Plain,  and,  live  years  later,  opened 
a  provision  store  there^.  After  running  this 
three  years,  he  disposed  of  it  and,  in  1861, 
he  started  in  the  tallow  business,  locating  in 
Roxbury,  where  he  remained  forty-two  years, 
retiring  from  business  when  he  was  seventy 
years  of  age.  Mr.  Whitaker  is  a  member  of 
the  fraternal  order  of  Masons. 

Mr.  Whitaker  was  long  identified  with  the 
professional  turf  of  New  England.  He  was 
a  patron  of  the  noted  driver,  J.  J.  Bowen. 
His  first  venture  was  with  the  trotter  Hazor, 
that  gained  a  record  of  2 :27.  He  then  got 
the  good  money-winning  performer,  Magic, 
2:25  1-4.  Then,  in  turn,  came  White  Socks, 
2:20  1-2,  which  had  every  indication  of  being 
one  of  the  most  valuable  trotters  of  hi?  period 
when  his  turf  career  was  cut  short  by  his  sud- 
den death.  This  was  a  severe  blow  to  both 
Mr.  Whitaker  and  "Uncle  Jock,"  but  did  not 
deter  Mr.  Whitaker  from  further  investment 
in  high-class  trotters.  His  next  venture  was 
Jesse  Hanson,  2:13  3-4,  that  was  campaigned 
over  mile  tracks  for  several  seasons  with 
success.  Refina,  2:08  1-2,  will  long  be  re- 
:nembered  by  horsemen  in  her  succession  of 
hard-fought  victories.  From  the  tap  of  the 
bell,  for  the  first  heat,  she  was  never  left  out 
of  the  reckoning.  The  last  of  Mr.  AVhitaker's 
racing  was  done  with  the  pacer,  John  T., 
2  :o9  1-4,  which  he  owned  in  partnership  with 
Sanford  Small.  This  gelding  was  driven  in 
his  races  by  Lester  Dore,  as  Mr.  Whifl 
considered  it  too  dangerous  for  Mr.  Bowen 
to  drive  in  races  at  his  old  age.  Mr.  Whita- 
ker resides  at  47  Ocean  Street,  Dorchester, 
Mass. 


LEWIS    WHITAKER 

Lewis  Whitaker    was    born  in  Stanstead, 
Conn.,  in   1831.     He  received  his  education 


EVERETT    L.    SMITH 

Everett  L.  Smith  was  born  in  Quincy. 
Mass.,  in  1865,  and  attended  the  D wight 
Grammar  School  in  Boston,  and  was  gradu- 
ated from  the  Bryant  &  Stratton  Commercial 
College.  He  entered  the  employ  of  Cumner- 
Jones  Co.,  tailors'  trimmings,  in  1884,  it  be- 
ing his  first  work  in  Boston.  In  later  vears  he 
was  identified  as  turf  correspondent  for  the 
metropolitan  papers  of  New  York  and  Chi- 
cago, and  of  many  of  the  leading  weekly  pub- 
lications devoted  to  the  interests  of  the  light 
harness  horse.  Mr.  Smith  is  a  member  of  the 
Gentlemen's  Driving  Club  of  Boston  and  the 
B.  A.  A.  of  Boston. 

Mr.  Smith  has  been  very  prominent  on  die 


Thomas  J.  Griffin  and  His  Horses 


fc,K«A' 


ALFRED   KING   (2),  2:28   1-4  FRANTELL   (2)    (by  Walnut  Hall) 

Two  Very  Promising  Colts.     Frantell  Is  in  $85,000  Worth  of  Futurity  Stakes  to  Be  Raced  in  1915.  Alfred 

King,  When  Three  Years  Old,  Worked  in  2:15,  a  Half  in  1:04  1-2 


Thomas  J.  Griffin  and  His  Horses  (Cont.) 


CASCADE,  2:06  1-2 
Joint  Holder,  with  Charley  King,  of  Franlilin  Field  Quarter-mile  Speedway  Record  of  29  Seconds. 

He  Was  Prominent  in  Interclub  Meets 


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amateur  turf,  having  owned  over  150  horses 
with  records  of  2 130  or  better,  among  the 
number  being  Ward  M.,  2:09  1-4;  Sherman 
Clay,  2:05  3-4;  Giles  Noyes,  2:05  1-4;  Sena- 
tor L.,  2:12;  Billy  H.,  2;ic  3-4:  and  lirother 
Milro',  2:14  1-2.  While  l\Ir.  Smith  has 
owned  many  horses  with  speed,  yet  the  one  he 
feels  the  most  pride  in  is  Quilberta,  foaled  on 
May  14,  191 1,  and  which  he  bred  himself. 
This  fill}'  took  a  trotting  record,  on  August  6, 
1913,  of  2:29  3-4,  as  a  two-year-old.  This 
was  at  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  over  a  very 
heavy  track ;  in  fact,  so  bad  was  the  footing 
that  one  of  the  horses  racing  that  afternoon 
could  not  go  faster  than  around  2  130,  and  a 
week  later  stepped  in  2:17   1-2. 

Quilberta  is  bred  in  the  purple.  She  was 
sired  by  Bingara,  which  at  thirteen  years  of 
age  had  75  with  records  between  2  105  1-4  and 
2 :30,  and  has  four  sons  and  five  daughters 
that  have  either  sired  standard  speed  or  have 
produced  it.  Her  dam  is  Regal  Lassie, 
2:26  1-4,  by  Ralph  Rex,  2:26  3-4.  Regal 
Lassie  had  three  foals  before  she  died,  in 
1913.  Zaida  secured  a  record  of  2:09  1-4, 
Lester  M.  appended  a  matinee  record  of 
2:14  1-2,  over  a  half-mile  track,  and  Quil- 
berta, the  equine  subject  of  this  sketch.  Ralph 
Rex  was  a  son  of  the  mighty  Ralph  Wilkes, 
2  :o6  3-4,  son  of  Red  Wilkes.  Second  dam  of 
Quilberta  was  Cune  Lass,  the  dam  of  Cristo, 
2:17  1-4,  by  Palatka,  son  of  Nutwood, 
2:18  3-4.  Third  dam,  Cuneiform,  dam  of 
Cascade,  2:06  1-2,  and  Silvia,  2:19  1-4,  by 
Lord  Russell.  Fourth  dam,  Englewood,  dam 
of  Kurburn,  2 :20,  by  Belmont.  Fifth  dam. 
Woodbine,  dam  of  Wedgewood,  2:19,  and 
Woodford  Mambrino,  2:21  1-2,  etc.,  by 
Woodford. 

Mr.  Smith  has  not  only  made  a  reputation 
as  a  turf  authority,  but  his  very  clever  work 
v^dth  the  brush  has  given  him  a  name  among 
artists,  his  work  in  oil  of  some  of  the  famous 
trotters  having  brought  him  agreeable  criti- 
cism from  men  with  rare  judgment  in  equine 
art.  A  peculiarity  of  Mr.  Smith  is  the  super- 
stition of  seeing  the  new  .moon  over  his  riglit 
or  left  shoulder.  He  would  rather  pay  $50 
to  some  good  cause  than  see  a  new  moon 
over  his  left  shoulder.  Li  illustrating  this  is 
told  the  following: 

Li  1907,  the  year  Mr.  Smith  visited  Au- 
stralia, he  mentioned  the  fact  one  evening  be- 
fore leaving  Boston  that  he  was  afraid  he 
was  in  for  a  siege  of  hard  luck,  as  he  hap- 
pened to  look  at  the  new  moon  over  his  left 
shoulder.  His  friends  took  this  with  a  lot  of 
incredulity  and  jollied  Mr.  Smith  consider- 
ably over  the  way  he  felt.  Watch  the  result: 
That  evening,  on  returning  home,  Mr.  Smith 


was  held  up  on  the  Boston  Common  and  had 
a  twenty-stone  diamond  horseshoe  pin  taken, 
a  twelve-ride  ticket  between  Boston  and  West- 
boro,  and  $48  in  currency. 

On  the  other  hand,  here  was  a  time  when 
he    glimpsed    the    new    moon    over    his    right 
shoulder.    It  was  about  the  last  of  pool-selling 
at  Springfield,  Mass.    Henry  Pope's  Boss  H. 
was   touted   heavily   to   win,   as   he  had  been 
timed   in   better   than   2 :2o  the   week   before. 
Among  those  opposing  him  in  the  race  was 
the  little  trotter,  George  A.,  owned  by  Eugene 
and  George  Ayer  of  Boston.    Mr.  Smith  was 
obliged   to   stand   at   the   edge   of    the   crowd 
when  Col.  Morse  opened  up  the  selling,  and 
he  thought  the  Colonel  was  offering  Boss  H. 
at    $10,    so    raised    both    hands,    and    fingers 
spread  out,  to  indicate  he  would  like  a  supply 
of  ten  tickets  at  that  market.    Morse  knocked 
down  the  order,  and  when  Mr.   Smith  went 
for  his  tickets,  they  read,  George  A.,  $10,  in 
total  pools  of  $130  to  $180.    It  so  happened 
that  Mr.  Smith  had  not  cash  enough  to  hedge 
ofif,  so  he  had  to  let  this  stand.   Well,  Boss  H. 
made  a   bad  break  in  the  first  turn  the  first 
heat  and  was  distanced  by  at  least  one-eighth 
of   a  mile,   the   heat  being  won   by   Geo.   A., 
driven  by  Tom  Marsh,  as  were  also  the  two 
heats  following  and  the  race.       George  A., 
having-  been  rated  as  a  "morning  glory,"  Mr. 
Smith  never  would  have  invested  counterfeit 
money    on    him,    but    having    seen    the    new 
moon  over  his  right  shoulder,  of  course,  fate 
put  his  money  on  the  winner,  as  he  has  al- 
wavs   believed,   and   the   result  was  that   his 
i^ank  account  was  increased  by  over  $1,300. 
Mr.  Smith  resides  in  Westboro,  Mass. 


EUGENE  S.  MORSE 

Eugene  S.  Morse  was  born  in  Waterville, 
iMe.,  in  1850,  and  received  his  education  in 
Brookline,  Mass.,  where  he  was  graduated 
from  the  high  school.  In  1876  he  first  began 
work  in  Boston,  engaging  with  G.  M.  Win- 
slow  &  Co.,  dealers  in  coal.  He  started  in  the 
retail  coal  business  for  himself  in  1896,  at  iqq 
Medford  Street,  Charlestown,  where  he  is  still 
located. 

Mr.  Morse  is  a  member  of  the  Metropol- 
itan, Dorchestei  and  Fellsway  Driving  Clubs. 
He  joined  the  Dorchester  Club  in  1904,  and 
was  a  charter  member  of  the  other  two 
clubs.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Masons,  the 
National  Lancers,  Boston  Light  Infantry, 
Coal  Exchange  of  Boston,  and  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce.  For  many  years  Mr.  Morse 
was  in  the  thick  of  battle  on  the  speedway 
with  his  fast  string  of  pacers,  and  it  was  a 
merry  kind  of  a  wiggler  that  was  capable  of 
taking'    his     measure.       Among    those    best 


GEORGE     H.     GREExNWOOD 
Secretary  Dorchester  Club  1901-1914   (in- 
clusive) 


P.  O'HEARN 
First  Vice-President  Dorchester  Club  1914 


JOS.    F.    O'CONNELL 

Congressman  from  Tenth  District  the  Term 

of  1906-07 


GEORGE  E.  GRIFFIN 
Active  Worker  in  Dorchester  Club 


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The  Driving   Clubs   of   Greater   Boston 


known  that  he  drove  were  Billy  Wilkes, 
2:181-4;  Edith  J.,  2:141-4,  and  'Billy  F., 
2:11  1-4.  Each  of  these  was  the  recipient  of 
several  of  the  season's  cups  at  the  Metro- 
politan Club  races.  Mr.  Morse  resides  at 
18  Thayer  Street,   Brookhne,  Mass. 


ble  that  compares  with  any  in  the  city.  Mr. 
Hall  resides  at  78  Beacon  Street,  Boston, 
Mass. 


GEORGE  G.  HALL 

George  G.  Hall  was  born  in  Tiverton, 
R.  I.,  in  the  homestead  settled  by  his  fore- 
father, William  Hall,  who  was  the  first  re- 
corded taxpayer  of  that  settlement,  back  in 
1638.  Coming  to  Boston  he  entered  the  hotel 
business,  being  manager  of  the  Parker  House 
for  eleven  years.  J.  Reed  Whipple  filled  the 
position  of  steward  at  the  same  hotel.  Messrs. 
Hall  and  Whipple  began  business  for  them- 
selves by  opening  Young's  Hotel  in  1876,  and 
in  1883  they  opened  the  Adams  House.  Later 
on  Mr.  Hall  assumed  the  sole  ownership  of 
the  Adams  House,  Mr.  Whipple  taking 
Young's  Hotel. 

For  many  years  Mr.  Hall  has  been  the  king- 
pin of  New  England  in  owning  and  driving 
matched  pairs  of  fast  trotters.  He  was  fa- 
miliar in  the  road  days  of  the  old  Mill  Dam, 
Mile  Ground,  Arsenal  Road  and  Beacon  Street 
boulevard.  It  was  a  sight  never  to  be  forgot- 
ten to  see  Mr.  Hall  go  over  the  speed  grounds 
behind  one  of  his  speedy  pairs  of  trotters.  He 
had  in  Bervaldo,  2:081-4,  and  Don  Labor, 
2  :o5  1-4.  the  fastest  pair  ever  owned  by  a  New 
England  man. 

Other  pairs  that  made  fame  for  Mr.  Hall 
throughout  the  whole  country  were  Tomah, 
2:10,  and  Eddie  B.,  2:143-4;  Kim,  2:133-4, 
and  Lexington,  2:231-4;  Bessie  Brown, 
2:123-4,  and  Regal  Lassie,  2:261-4;  Kallar 
and  Nethersole ;  Actress,  2  :26  3-4,  and  Lady 
Preston,  2  :30,  which  stepped  a  mile  in  2  :23 ; 
Genie  L.,  2:181-4,  and  Alta,  2:171-2,  which 
trotted  Mystic  Park  in  2 :22  1-4.  Mr.  Hall 
is  at  present  driving  together  Bervaldo  and 
Harry  Mac.  The  fastest  mile  ever  made 
by  a  pair  of  trotters  in  New  England  with 
horses  owned  by  the  same  man,  is  to  the  credit 
of  Tomah  and  Eddie  B.,  they  turning  Read- 
ville  track  in  2:13  1-4.  Mr.  Hall  has  owned 
more  than  400  trotters  with  records  of  2  :30 
and  better,  a  record  never  approached  by  any 
other  man  in  New  England,  and  perhaps  not 
in  the  entire  country  by  one  using  the  horses 
for  their  own  personal  road  driving. 

Mr.  Hall  is  a  life  member  of  the  Metropoli- 
tan Driving  Club  and  a  charter  member  of 
the  Gentlemen's  Driving  Club,  of  Boston.  He 
also  belongs  to  many  social  clubs  of  Boston. 
At  Portsmouth,  R.  L,  he  owns  a  valuable  stock 
farm,  the  residence  having  all  of  the  conven- 
iences of  a  city  home  of  wealth,  and  the  barns 
containing  all  modern  improvements.  In  Bos- 
ton he  has,  at  12  Byron  Street,  a  private  sta- 


GEORGE    ROBINSON    HALL 

George  Robinson  Hall  was  born  in  New 
Bedford.  Mass.,  in  1871,  and  received  his  pre- 
Hminary  education  at  the  Somerset  and  Prince 
Schools  in  Boston,  and  was  graduated  from 
the  New  Bedford  High  and  Friends'  Acad- 
emy, New  Bedford.  He  has  devoted  his  life 
in  the  hotel  business,  being  connected  with  his 
father,  George  G.  Hall,  in  the  Adams  House, 
Boston,  Mass. 

Mr.  Hall  is  a  life  member  of  the  Metropoli- 
tan Driving  Club  and  one  of  the  first  to  join 
the  Gentlemen's  Driving  Club  of  Boston.  He 
also  belongs  to  the  B.  A.  A.,  Tatassit,  and  Bos- 
ton Yacht  Clubs,  the  Sons  of  Revolution,  and 
the  Colonial  War  Decendents. 

Mr.  Hall  has  been  one  of  the  foremost  road 
drivers  of  Boston,  and  was  greatly  interested 
in  matinee  racing  at  Readville.  He  differed 
from  the  other  members  of  his  family  in  en- 
joying a  fast  pacer,  as  well  as  a  trotter,  and 
he  earned  the  reputation  of  being  a  clever 
reinsman  in  either  road  brushing  or  in  mati- 
nee racing.  Among  the  well  known  'horses  he 
has  owned,  and  won  many  races  with,  are 
Nellie  S.,  2:12  1-4;  Early  Bird,  Jr.,  2:11  1-2; 
Little  Wonder,  2:161-4;  Cinch,  2:081-4; 
Geiger,  2:15  3-4;  Dick  Berry,  2:11  3-4;  Sid 
Barnes,  2:161-4;  Harry,  2:19;  Belgard, 
2:16  1-4;  Dora  Wilkes,  trial,  2:20;  Dividend 
(matinee),  2:19  1-4,  etc.  Besides  his  horses, 
Mr.  Hall  derives  great  pleasure  in  hunting  and 
fishing  in  Maine.  Mr.  Hall  resides  at  the 
Adams  House,  Boston,  Mass. 


FRANK  GARDNER  HALL 

Frank  Gardner  Hall  was  born  in  Boston 
in  1873,  and  was  graduated  from  the  Allen 
School  in  Newton  and  Milton  Academy.  Mr. 
Hall  has  a  historical  line  of  ancestr^^  as.  on 
his  father's  side,  they  settled  in  Rhode  Island 
in  1638,  while,  on  his  mother's  side,  he  traces 
fourteen  times  to  the  Mayflower,  through 
Elder  Brewster.  Myles  Standish,  John  Alden. 
etc. 

Mr.  Hall  is  a  born  horseman,  from  his  early 
days  having  had  access  to  his  father's  stable 
of  trotters.  Later  in  life  he  had  his  own 
horses  to  drive.  With  Col.  John  E.  Thayer 
he  organized  the  Gentlemen's  Driving  Club  of 
Boston,  the  first  driving  club  of  the  country 
in  the  Amateur  League  of  Driving  Clubs.  In 
the  club  he  filled  the  offices  of  treasurer,  on 
the  board  of  directors  and  the  executive  com- 
mittee. He  is  a  life  member  of  the  Metro- 
politan Club,  and  belongs  to  the  Brookline 
Country  Club,  B.  A.  A.,  and  Boston  Yacht 
Club. 


Joseph  W.  Burns  and  His  Horses 


RALPH  BINGEN  (by  Teddy  Bingen),  2:15  1-4 
Dam  Dot,  by  Brazilian,  2:22  3-4 


%d%imy 


DOT  with  Her  Baby  Foal,  ADDIE  ECHO 


DOT  Hitched  to  Cart.    She  Was  a  Prize  Winner 
at  Franklin  Field  Speedway  in  1913 


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Mr.  Hall  was  particularly  active  in  matinee 
racing  at  Readville  track,  and  of  the  New  Eng- 
land Breeders'  Association,  in  which  he  held 
the  position  of  treasurer  for  seven  years.  He 
was  one  of  the  official  timers  for  several  years 
at  Mystic  Park,  and  later  held- the  same  oiifice 
at  the  Readville  meetings. 

Not  only  can  Mr.  Hall  drive  a  trotter  well, 
hitched  to  a  wagon,  but  he  is  expert  in  hand- 
ling double  teams.  At  Readville  he  drove  the 
pair,  Tomah,  2:10,  and  Eddie  B.,  2:14  3-4,  a 
mile  in  2:13  1-4,  the  fastest  mile  in  New  Eng- 
land by  a  pair  of  trotters  from  one  stable.  In 
'  one  season  at  Readville  he  won  twenty-one 
blue  ribbons  in  the  matinees.  Among  the  fast 
trotters  he  has  owned  and  raced  can  be  called 
to  mind,  Kim,  2  :i3  3-4;  Cinch,  2  :o8  1-4;  Nelly 
S.,  2:121-4;  Ethelwyn,  2:141-4;  Lexington, 
matinee  record,  2  -.22  1-4;  Cora  Wilkes,  matinee 
record  2:221-2;  Miss  Strike,  2:141-4;  Dora 
Wilkes,  My  Budd,  Pauline,  2:241-4;  Bel- 
gard,  2:161-4,  Gloria  Wilkes,  Mary  Glenor, 
2 :24  1-2,  etc.  Belgard  he  used  for  a  brood 
mare,  and  she  produced  Belle  Todd,  trial  as  a 
three-year-old  of  2:191-4.  He  had  trained 
in  1914  a  two-year  old  out  of  Belgard,  named 
Gardner  Hall,  which  was  timed  in  2  :20  1-4. 

Besides  the  horses,  Mr.  Hall  has  a  fancy 
for  yachting,  having  owned  two  cup  winners, 
while  on  the  edge  of  the  White  Mountains  he 
has  a  large  camp,  with  motor  boats  and  fitted 
with  all  the  comforts  of  camp  life.  He  is  an 
ardent  motorist,  having  driven  his  car  over 
a  hundred  thousand  miles  without  an  accident. 

Mr.  Hall  in  his  business  life  has  been  con- 
nected with  his  father,  George  G.  Hall,  in  the 
Adams  House,  Boston,  where  he  resides. 


MICHAEL  F.  MURPHY 

Michael  F.  Murphy,  whose  stable  of  blue 
ribbon  winners  is  located  at  4-5-6  Byron  Street 
and  90  Chestnut  Street,  Boston,  has  devoted 
his  whole  life  in  the  horse  business.  He  takes 
great  pride  in  developing  horses  into  prize 
winners  and  disposing  of  them  to  the  wealthy 
owners  of  high-class  hitches. 

Mr.  Murphy  declares  that  today  there  is  a 
greater  call  for  real  good  horses  than  ever 
before,  his  only  trouble  being  in  getting  hold 
of  enough  to  supply  the  demand.  What  is 
needed,  too,  are  suitable  roads  for  the  enjoy- 
ment of  driving  and  riding. 

Mr.  Murphy  was  very  fortunate  in  the  Win- 
ter of  1914-15  in  having  in  his  stable  blue 
ribbon  winners  of  all  classes.  The  most  of 
these  were  the  stars  in  the  Hors'e  Show  Cir- 
cuit of  1914.  their  names  being  familiar  to  all 
devotees  of  horse  shows,  as  follows :  Advance 
Guard,  Reliance,  Royal  Charlie,  Lady  Gray- 
ling, Doris,  Dignity,  Royal  High  Lady  and 
Royal  High  Roller,  Bonny  and  Brandy,  etc. 


ROWLAND   WARD 

RowL.\ND  AVaed  was  born  in  Sheffield, 
England,  and  received  his  education  in  the 
schools  of  his  native  country.  His  first  work 
in  Boston  was  as  meat  cutter,  in  1888,  for 
Thomas  Ward.  In  1895  he  started  in  business 
for  himself,  opening  a  provision  store  in 
Hyde  Park.  He  is  now  the  owner  of  a  livery 
and  boarding  stable  in  Hyde  Park.  He  joined 
the  Dorchester  Driving  Club  in  1910,  and  is 
also  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows.  Among 
the  horses  he  has  raced  at  the  Franklin  Field 
Speedway  are  Lizzie  Pandit,  matinee  record 
2:20;  Zaza  C,  matinee  record  2:16,  and 
Chatsworth,  that  has  won  heats  in  his  events 
in  I  :o8.  Mr.  Ward  resides  at  17  Westmin- 
ster St.,  Hyde  Park,  Mass. 


JOSIAH    B.    REED 

JosiAH  B.  Reed  was  born  in  South  Wey- 
mouth in  1862,  and  was  graduated  from  the 
public  schools  of  that  town.  He  first  went  to 
work  in  Boston  as  salesman  for  Stone  & 
Forsyth,  in  1889,  and  remained  with  them  for 
twenty-five  years.  On  January  i,  1914,  he  en- 
tered the  firm,  as  treasurer,  of  Whitney  Bros., 
Inc.,  wholesale  dealers  in  paper  and  twine,  at 
84  Chauncy  St.,  Boston.  Mr.  Reed  was  one 
of  the  charter  members  of  the  Old  Colony 
Driving  Club  and  has  served  on  the  board  of 
directors.  He  has  been  prominent  in  the  mat- 
inees at  South  Weymouth  and  in  the  inter- 
club  meets,  the  fastest  performers  he  has 
owned  being  Edith  R.,  2:18  1-4,  the  sweet 
little  pacing  mare  that  is  so  popular,  in  ama- 
teur racing  of  Greater  Boston,  and  Mollie 
Pitcher,  who  gained  a  matinee  record  of  2  :2S. 
and  was  often  a  heat  winner  at  South  Wey- 
mouth in  around  i  :i4.  Mr.  Reed  resides  in 
South  Weymouth,  Mass. 


O.   C.   CHARLES 

O.  C.  Charles  was  born  in  Fryeburg,  Me., 
in  1864,  and  received  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  that  town.  His  first  work  in 
Boston  was  in  1887,  in  the  employ  of  W.  B. 
Blakemar,  who  was  in  the  milk  business.  He 
started  a  milk  route  of  his  own  in  1894,  in 
Dorchester,  and  is  now  in  the  boarding,  bait- 
ing and  sale  stable  business  at  174  Hampden 
St.,  Boston.  He  joined  the  Dorchester  Driving 
Club  in  191 1,  and  is  also  a  member  of  the 
I.  O.  O.  F.  and  the  A.  O.  U.  W.  Mr.  Charles 
has  participated  in  the  matinee  racing  since 
becoming  a  member,  his  two  best  known 
horses  at  Franklin  Field  Speedway  being 
George  M.,  2:14  1-4,  and  Hector,  that  has 
won  heats  in  i:ii.  Mr.  Charles  resides  at  27 
Albion  St.,  Roxbury,  Mass. 


LISTER  W.  (3),  2:25  1-4 

Winner  of  First  Race  Having  Five  Starters  at  Franklin  Field  Speedway. 

Owned  and  Driven  by  Calvin  MacDonald 


LADY  MADISON,  2:20  1-4 
One  of  the  First  Trotting  Champions  of  the  Dorchester  Club.     Owned  and  Driven  by 

Peter  J.  Fitzgerald 


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EDWIN  B.  RICE 

Edwin  B.  Rice  was  born  in  East  Bostou, 
Mass.,  in  1879,  and  was  graduated  from  the 
East  Boston  schools  and  Chauncy  Hall  School, 
Boston.  Mr.  Rice  has  had  on  the  Grand 
Circuit  and  the  New  England  tracks  the  great- 
est galaxy  of  pacing  speed  of  any  horse  owner 
in  all  New  England.  The  "Big  Four"  he  cam- 
paigned will  ever  be  green  in  the  memory  of 
horsemen,  viz.,  Anaconda,  2:01  3-4;  John  M., 
2:02  3-4;  Royal  R.  Sheldon,  2:04  3-4;  and 
The  Friend,  2:05  1-4. 

Anaconda  still  remains  the  champion 
double-gaited  performer  of  the  world,  as, 
besides  having  a  pacing  record  of  2  :oi  3-4, 
he  gained  a  trotting  record  of  2  109  3-4  under 
the  name  of  Knox  Gelatine  King,  the  com- 
bined time  of  both  gaits  being  2:05  1-4.  This 
is  nearly  three  seconds  faster  than  his  near- 
est competitor,  Jay-Eye-See,  whose  combined 
record  is  2:08  1-8.  Anaconda's  wonderful 
sweep  of  the  Grand  Circuit,  under  the  man- 
agement and  driving  of  Jack  Trout,  was  the 
particular  feature  of  that  season. 

John  M.  holds  the  world's  champion  pac- 
ing record  to  wagon,  for  a  half-mile,  his  time 
of  I  :oo  1-4,  made  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  Oct.  23, 
1903,  never  having  been  beaten.  In  the  sea- 
son of  1904  he  gained  the  then  world's  four- 
heat  pacing  record,  losing  the  first  heat  of  the 
race  to  Dan  R.,  the  second  heat  to  Gallagher, 
and  then  winning  the  third  and  fourth  heats 
in  2:03  1-2  each. 

Royal  R.  Sheldon  was  one  of  the  most 
prominent  pacers  that  was  ever  campaigned 
from  New  England.  He  is  joint  holder  of 
the  Saugus  track  record  of  2  ;o7,  made  the 
first  heat  of  a  race  and  driven  by  Mr.  Rice 
himself.  Phoebon  W.  has  the  third  heat  rec- 
ord for  the  track  of  2  :o8  3-4. 

The  Friend  was  a  certain  two-minute  pacer, 
but  meeting  with  an  accident  his  turf  career 
was  cut  ofl:  when  just  in  condition  for  a  series 
of  sweeping  victories  in  his  class. 

These  "Big  Four"  do  not  constitute  all  of  the 
good  horses  that  Mr.  Rice  has  owned  and 
raced.  There  was  Sufreet,  2  :o6  1-4,  which 
on  July  15,  1905,  at  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  made  the 
then  world's  amateur  pacing  record  to  wagon 
for  four  heats,  she  winning  the  first  and  fourth 
heats,  the  second  going  to  Lady  May  and  the 
third  one  to  Terrace  Queen. 

Among  the  others  which  have  made  turf 
history  of  credit  for  themselves  are  Helen  R., 
2:08  1-2;  L.  L.  D.,  2:09;  Darius,  2:09;  Art 
Alto,  2:08  1-4;  Fred  H.,  2:12  1-4;  Orianna, 
2:12  1-2;  Chief  Wilkie,  2:12  3-4;  Baron 
March,  2:15;  Regulus,  2:18  1-4;  Provider, 
2:18  1-2;  Ponemah,  2:25  1-4;  Perhaps,  2:26, 
etc. 

While  Mr.  Rice  has  successfully  driven  in 
many  races,  yet  he  delights  in  relating  of  the 


one  which  he  won  at  Rockland,  Me.  The 
track  association  of  that  town  hung  up  a 
purse  of  $500  for  a  free-for-all,  and  Mr.  Rice 
went  down  there  with  L.  L.  D.,  with  the  idea 
he  could  pick  up  some  soft  money.  But  the 
state  of  Maine  people  had  no  idea  of 
losing  the  big  end  of  a  $500  purse  without 
making  a  big  struggle.  The  judges  waived 
distance ;  then  one  pacer  was  slated  to  go 
after  L.  L.  D.,  while  the  others  jogged  around 
the  track.  It  proved,  in  this  way  of  racing,  a 
tough  battle,  but  Mr.  Rice  finally  won  in  seven 
heats. 

Another  event  of  pride  to  Mr.  Rice  is 
winning  a  large  silver  cup  at  Comhination 
Park,  Medford,  with  his  trotting  mare,  Pone- 
mah. The  other  starters  in  the  race  didn't 
figure  Mr.  Rice  had  the  slightest  chance  in 
getting  the  trophy,  hence  the  victory  proved 
all  the  sweeter  in  landing. 

One  event  that  Mr.  Rice  will  never  forget 
happened  when  the  racing  to  sleigh  in  East 
Boston  was  in  Chelsea  Street.  He  had  the 
trotting  mare,  Orianna,  and  one  of  the  reins 
broke  when  racing.  Having  lost  control  of 
the  mare,  Mr.  Rice  jumped  into  a  snowbank 
when  he  saw  the  East  Boston  Ferry  landing 
just  ahead.  A  moment  later  and  over  went 
Orianna,  sleigh  and  all,  into  the  harbor.  It 
was  more  than  one  hour  before  the  mare  was 
rescued,  but  she  suffered  no  after  results  from 
her  long  dip  in  the  salt  water.  Mr.  Rice  re- 
sides at  the  Hotel  Touraine,  Boston,  Mass. 


JAMES  E.  FITZGERALD 

James  E.  Fitzgerald  was  born  in  East 
Boston  in  i860,  and  attended  the  schools  of 
that  section  of  Boston.  When  17  years  of  age 
he  expended  all  the  money  he  had  and  could 
raise — $15 — in  buying  a  horse  and  outfit  at 
the  old  Brighton  horse  market,  and  started 
out  peddling  potatoes  and  later  added  meats 
to  his  list  of  articles.  In  buying  a  $15  rig  to 
start  business,  Mr.  Fitzgerald,  in  comparison, 
has  since  sold  horses  for  prices  running  up 
to  $1,500.  When  Mr.  Fitzgerald  got  out  of 
the  peddling  line  he  opened  a  liquor  store  at 
145  Everett  Street,  East  Boston,  where  he  re- 
mained for  twenty  years,  then  removing  to 
25-27  Orleans  Street,  East  Boston,  his  pres- 
ent location. 

Mr.  Fitzgerald  came  naturally  in  his  love 
for  fine  horses,  as  his  father  was  one  of  the 
leading  horsemen  of  Boston.  Forty-six  years 
ago  (1868)  Mr.  Fitzgerald  saw  his  first  horse 
race.  It  was  at  the  Saugus  track.  His  father  had 
matched  Miller's  Damsel  to  trot  twenty  miles 
in  one  hour  and  fifteen  minutes.  She  had 
gone  the  distance,  as  determined  by  three  men, 
but  the  opposition  contended  that  the  mare 
had  only  circled  the  course  nineteen  times. 
Mr.   Fitzgerald,  senior,   wasted  little  time  in 


JAMES    CAMPBELL 

Old-Time  Boston  Horseman  and 

Patron  of  J.  J.  Bowen 


ALDEN   H.   WOODARD 

Who]]Became  Noted  in  Developing  the 

Lambert  Breed  of  Trotters 


JOHN  F.  DUNN 

The    South    Boston   Horseman   in 

Dorchester  Chib 


FRANK   I.   WILKINS 
Well  Known  Member  of  Dorchester  Club 


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argument,  but  ordered  that  Miller's  Damsel 
be  driven  another  mile,  which  she  did  in  the 
fast  time,  for  the  whole  distance,  of  twenty- 
one  miles,  in  ih.,  iim.,  7s.  To  see  this  race, 
which  he  had  heard  discussed  so  much,  Mr. 
Fitzgerald  secreted  himself  in  the  robes  under 
the  seats  of  the  wagon  that  took  the  party  to 
the  track. 

From  that  time  Mr.  Fitzgerald  has  been  a 
constant  attendant  of  race  meetings,  and  he 
has  owned  many  fast  trotters  and  pacers.  He 
joined  the  Metropolitan  Club  when  it  was  or- 
ganized, and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Dor- 
chester Club.  He  is  a  life  member  of  the 
Boston  Lodge  of  Elks,  and  belongs  to  the 
fraternal  orders  of  Foresters,  Knights  of 
Columbus  and  the  A.  O.  H. 

Among  the  best  known  horses  owned  and 
raced  by  Mr.  Fitzgerald  can  be  mentioned 
Dick,  2:12  1-2;  Lockheir,  2:23;  Tilly  Cline, 
2:16;  Tee  Dee  Gee,  2:19  1-4;  Bonnets  O' 
Blue,  2:18  3-4;  Cato,  2.23  1-2;  Jack,  a  great 
snow  horse;  H.  R.  B.,  another  which  made 
fame  on  the  snow ;  Watchmaker  Patchen, 
which  Denny  Keefe  took  to  England  and  won 
many  races ;  Blacksmith  Maid,  trial  of  2  :o8, 
which  Eddie  Switzer  broke  from  being  a  rank 
puller. 

Mr.  Fitzgerald  induced  the  later  prominent 
local  trainer  and  driver,  Mertie  Page,  to  come 
to  Boston  from  Laconia,  N.  H.,  securing  him 
the  position  of  assistant  trainer  for  C.  E. 
Mosher,  from  which  position  he  soon  had  on 
the  circuit  the  pacing  gelding,  Charley  P., 
2:18  1-2,  owned  by  Charles  Pinkham  of  Lynn. 
Mr.  Fitzgerald  resides  at  205  Webster  Street, 
East  Boston,  Mass. 


THOMAS   J.   GRIFFIN 

Thom.^s  J.  Griffin  was  born  in  Waltham, 
Mass.,  in  "1875,  and  attended  the  L-owell 
School  in  Boston.  After  working  in  several 
lines  of  business,  including  the  running  of  a 
milk  route  in  Somerville,  he  finally  learned 
the  trade  of  mason.  In  1902  was  organized 
the  John  F.  Griffin  Company,  building  con- 
tractors. 15  Merchants  Row,  of  which  Mr. 
Griffin  was  one  of  the  firm.  Later  the  office 
was  removed  from  Merchants  Row  to  17 
Milk  Street,  where  it  is  now  located. 

Mr.  Griffin  joined  the  Dorchester  Club  in 
1907,  and  the  same  year  became  a  member  of 
the  Metropolitan  and  the  Fellsway  Clubs.  He 
has  served  on  the  board  of  directors  of  the 
Dorchester  Club.  He  is* also  a  member  of 
the  Boston  Lodge  of  Elks,  and  the  Dorches- 
ter A.  A. 

In  both  matinee  and  professional  racing 
Mr.  Griffin  has  been  strongly  identified.  The 
most  of  his  amateur  sport  he  has  enjoyed  at 


the  Franklin  Field  Speedway.  The  first  he 
raced  for  the  ribbons  was  a  green  trotter 
named  Pontosuc.  He  then  got  Edith  R., 
2  ;i8  1-4;  Red  Echo,  2:17  1-4;  and  Lee  Burns, 
2:14  1-4,  that  for  a  time  was  champion  pacer 
of  the  Dorchester  Club,  with  a  speedway 
record  of  30  seconds. 

Directumwood,  2:201-4,  was  one  of  the 
fastest  ever  on  the  Franklin  Field  Speedway, 
as  in  14  races,  the  season  of  1909,  he  only 
losit  one  heat,  and  gained  a  record  of  29  1-4 
seconds,  which  has  remained  the  best  for 
the  speedway,  for  a  pacer  without  the  hopples. 

Another  whirlwind  was  Johnny  Agan, 
2:05  1-4,  one  of  the  fastest  pacers,  by  record, 
ever  raced  at  Franklin  Field.  With  Easter 
Direct,  2:09  1-2,  Mr.  Griffin  secured  the  pac- 
ing record  for  a  half  mile  at  Franklin  Field, 
she  marching  off  the  distance  in  i  :oi  1-2. 
Then  Cascade,  2:061-2,  brought  a  lot  of 
credit  to  the  Griffin  matinee  stable,  in  defeat- 
ing Chief  Wilkie  at  the  Charles  River  Speed- 
way, being  the  first  pacer  to  perform  the  trick 
over  that  course.  He  also  earned  a  record 
of  29  seconds,  the  third  heat  of  a  race,  at 
Franklin  Field,  which  mark  was  later  tied 
Ijv  Charley  King,  and  still  stands  the  best 
over  the  old  ciuarter-mile  course.  With 
Geraldme  Mr.  Griffin  won  seven  out  of  nine 
races.  She  was  a  green  mare,  not  having 
been  raced  professionally. 

But  the  best  of  all  of  Mr.  Griffin's  horses 
was  the  trotter,  Worthy  Prince,  2  :ii  1-4, 
which  he  bought  when  three  years  old  at  the 
New  York  sale  for  $600.  The  following  sea- 
son he  had  him  trained  at  the  Rockingham 
Park  track,  and  he  improved  to  a  mile  in 
2:17  1-2.  During  the  Grand  Circuit  meeting 
and  fair  Mr.  Griffin  tried  hard  to  sell  the 
stallion  to  a  New  York  man,  and  would  have 
accepted  $500,  possibly  less,  for  the  trotter, 
but  to  the  utter  discouragement  of  Mr. 
Griffin,  the  New  Yorker  would  not  do  busi- 
ness. 

The  next  Spring,  Worthy  Prince  was 
given  to  "Whitey"  Crowley  to  train,  and  the 
horse  did  finely.  On  July  22  he  was  given  his 
first  race,  at  Montreal,  there  being  fourteen 
starters  in  the  event.  It  was  handy,  however, 
ior  Worthy  Prince  to  win,  he  heading  the 
summary  in  straight  heats  and  getting  a 
record  of  2:14  1-4.  That  year  he  won  six  of 
liis  nine  races,  and  lowered  the  trotting  rec- 
ord for  Marshfield  track  to  2:141-4. 

In  1914  he  was  given  to  James  O'Brien  to 
train  at  Rockdale  Park,  and  won  three 
straight  races,  lowering  his  record  to  2:11  1-4 
over  a  half-mile  track,  when  he  was  sold  for 
$[o.oco,  by  a  large  margin  the  most  money 
ever  secured  for  a  horse  by  any  member  of 
the  Dorchester  Club.    "Long  Shot"  Cox  later 


SUNSHINE,   2:15   1-4 
A  Blue  Ribbon  Performer  in  Matinees  of  Dorchester  Club.     Owned  and  Driven  by 

James  F.  Lynch 


C.   E.   R.,  2:21  1-4 
Pacing  a  Fast  Heat  at  Franklin  Field  Speedway.     Owned  and  Driven  by 

John  H.  Burns 


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worked   Worthy    Prince   in   2:051-2,   at   Co- 
lumbus, the  last  half  in  i  :oi  1-2. 

At  the  New  York  sale,  of  1914,  Mr..  Gnmn 
purchased  three  horses  for  his  stable,  Keller- 
ville  Lad,  2:121-4,  he  g"ot  for  fun  on  the 
speedway,  but  the  two  youngsters  he  expects 
will  be  heard  from  on  the  turf.  Alfred  King 
(2),  2  :28  1-4,  by  King  BelHni,  2:12  1-4,  trotted 
a  quarter  at  Combination  Park,  right  off  the 
cars  from  New. York,  in  31  seconds.  In  the 
Summer  he  had  trialed  in  2:15,  last  half  in 
I  :04  1-2.  Frantell,  the  two-year-old  colt  by 
Walnut  Hall,  2  :o8  1-4,  is  in  $85,000  worth  of 
futurities.  He  has  a  verj'  neat  way  of  going. 
Experts  figure  that  Mr.  Griffin  secured  a  cou- 
ple of  prizes.  Mr.  Griffin  resides  at  153  Har- 
vard Street,  Dorchester,  Mass. 


l.orses  that  he  owned  and  raced  are  Queenie, 
2:22  1-4,  and  Ben  G.,  who,  although  without 
an  official  record,  was  known  to  have  plenty 
of  speed.  Mr.  Griffin  resides  at  175  Ashmont 
Street,  Dorchester,  Mass. 


GEORGE  H.  GREENWOOD 

George  H.  Greenwood  was  born  in  West- 
boro,  Mass.,  in  1853,  and  was  graduated  from 
the  schools  of  his  native  town.  He  came  to 
Boston  in  1876  and  opened  a  retail  tobacco 
store  in  Boylston  St.,  near  Washington  St., 
where  he  remained  for  thirty-five  years.  He 
then  disposed  of  this  business  and  entered  the 
real  estate  business,  locating  at  2  Washington 
St.,  Roxbury.  He  was  a  charter  member  of 
the  Dorchester  Driving  Club,  the  first  two 
years  being  on  the  board  of  directors,  and 
since  that  time  filling  the  office  of  serretary. 
He  also  is  a  member  of  the  Masons. 

Mr.  Greenwood  has  been  the  right  man  in 
the  right  place  for  the  Dorchester  Club,  and 
his  strenuous  work  in  their  behalf  has  always 
been  fully  appreciated.  He  rarely  misses  a 
meeting  of  the  club,  and  has  a  very  clear  con- 
ception of  what  should  be  done  in  unraveling 
any  of  the  knotty  problems  that  frequently 
arise.  He  has  never  been  partial  to  owning  a 
fast  trotter  or  pacer,  but  has  taken  his  pleas- 
ure on  the  road  with  a  trim-going  gelding 
named  Prince  G.  So  many  years  was  Prince 
G.  owned  by  Mr.  Greenwood  that  he  certainly 
became  a  member  of  the  family.  Mr.  Green- 
wood resides  at  56  Melville  Ave.,  Dorchester, 
Mass. 


GEORGE  E.  GRIFFIN 
George  E.  Griffin  was  born  in  Lowell, 
Mass.,  in  185 1,  and  received  his  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  that  city.  He  came  to 
Boston  and  entered  the  grocery  and  pro- 
vision business  in  1885,  being  a  junior  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  Jaques  &  Griffin,  located  in 
Ashmont.  Mr.  Griffin  was  one  of  the  original 
members  of  the  Dorchester  Club,  and  an 
active  worker  on  several  of  the  committees, 
the  principal  one  being  the  entertainment 
committee.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  L  O. 
O.    F.    and    Roval    Arcanum.      Among    the 


JOSEPH  W.  BURNS 

Joseph  W.  Burns  was  born  in  Ereetown, 
Prince  Edward  Island,  and  attended  the 
schools  of  his  native  place.  He  came  to 
Boston  in  1898,  going  to  work  as  a  carpenter. 
Of  late  years  he  has  been  foreman  for  the 
firm  of  Cruckshank  &  Russell,  builders.  He 
joined  the  Dorchester  Driving  Club  in  1910, 
and  has  never  missed  a  meeting,  nor  scarcely 
missed  a  matinee  race,  being  one  of  the  first 
on  the  track  and  ready  to  meet  all  comers. 

Among  the  horses  he  owned  is  the  hand- 
some trotting  mare.  Dot,  which  was  bred  by 
his  father,  a  well  known  horseman  of  Eree- 
town, P.  E.  L  She  was  brought  to  Boston 
when  two  years  old,  and  was  sired  by 
Brazilian,  2  :22  3-4,  out  of  Lady  Burns,  trial 
2 :20,  by  Westlawn ;  second  dam,  Nellie  B., 
by  Gladstone,  2:28  1-4.  Dot  was  one  of  the 
leading  trotters  of  the  Eranklin  Field 
Speedway  in  1913,  being  winner  of  one  of 
the  first  prizes  given  for  the  season.  She 
was  a  great  drawing  card  in  the  matinees  for 
five  years,  and  won  over  100  ribbons,  besides 
many  valuable  prizes.  Dot  is  the  dam  of  two 
foals,  Ralph  Bingen,  a  handsome  bay  stallion 
by  Teddy  Bingen,  2:15  1-4,  son  of  Bingen, 
2  :c6  1-4,  and  Addie  Echo,  foaled  in  1914,  by 
Echo  Todd,  2:26  1-4.  by  Todd,  2:14  3-4. 
Not  only  have  Dot  and  Ralph  Bingen  speed, 
but  each  has  won  blue  ribbons  in  the  horse 
show  ring.  Mr.  Burns  resides  at  32  Callen- 
der  Street.  Dorchester,  Mass. 


CALVIN   MACDONALD 

Calvin  MacDon.\ld  was  born  in  Gulf  Shore, 
Cumberland  County,  N.  S.,  and  received  his 
education  in  the  local  schools  of  that  place. 
About  twenty  years  ago  he  went  over  the 
Rocky  Mountains,  working  in  Tacoma, 
Seattle.  Port  Blake,  and  Minot,  North 
Dakota.  He  first  came  to  Boston  in  1896, 
and  entered  the  employ  of  the  Boston 
Elevated  Railroad.  In  1903  he  went  to  New 
York  and  remained  there  three  years.  He 
started  in  business  for  himself,  in  1909,  as  a 
piano  mover,  which  business  he  is  still 
occupied  in,  at  364  Washington  Street, 
Boston.  He  joined  the  Dorchester  Driving 
Club  in  1912,  and  also  belongs  to  the  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows. 

From  the  time  he  was  a  young  man,  Mr. 
MacDonald  was  interested  in  owning  a  fast 
horse.  Twenty  years  ago  he  had  Fred 
Ellison,  which  was  noted  in  Nova  Scotia  as 


David  M.  Biggs  and  His  Horses 


ANNIE  M.  (3)  Racing  MARY  E  (2) 

(Inset~J.  W.  BIGGS)         MARY  ANN  and  6  Mos.  Foal  (Inset— D.  M.  BIGGS) 

GRACE  B.  ANNIE  M.  (3)  to  Halter 


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one  of  the  fastest  ice  horses  in  that  section. 
He  then  got  hold  of  the  mare,  Nancv  Belle, 
and  later  of  Skyscraper,  by  Uncle  Sim, 
2:20  1-2,  and  Jenny  Deane,  a  daughter  oi 
Gen.  Williams,  2  -.^2,  that  had  a  reputation 
as  a  brush  horse  to  road. 

Mr.  MacDonald's  racing  on  the  Franklin 
Field  Speedway  has  been  with  the  Kentucky 
bred  trotter,  Lister  W.  (3),  2:25  1-4,  whici; 
record  he  obtained  at  Lexington,  Ky.  He 
secured  a  matinee  record  of  i  :o6  1-4  at 
Franklin  Field  Speedway,  and  won  twenty- 
five  blue  ribbons  and  only  one  white  in  two 
seasons.  He  has  also  in  his  collection  four 
special  blues,  one  special  red,  and  one  special 
white,  and  a  silver  cup  for  points,  that  he 
won  in  matinee  victories.  Li  1914  he  won 
the  first  race  of  the  season  at  the  speedway. 
On  November  7,  of  the  same  year,  he  won 
the  first  five-heat  race  ever  given  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Dorchester  Club,  defeating 
Hattie  B.,  Bingen  Light,  George  M.,  and 
The  Monk  in  three  heats,  finishing  fourth 
the  first  one  and  then  outracing  the  field  the 
next  two.  Showing  the  caliber  of  the  horses 
in  this  race,  the  following  week  Bingen  Light 
defeated  his  field  in  i  :o6  1-2  and  i  107  1-4. 
In  Lister  W.'s  matinee  racing  he  has  defeated 
some  of  the  stars  of  the  speedway,  among  the 
number  being  Nut  Boy  and  Knox  Gelatine 
Baby. 

Mr.  MacDonald  is  interested  in  the  black 
fox  industry  at  P.  E.  L,  and  owns  profitable 
mining  properties  in  Colorado.  He  has  a 
Summer  residence  at  Pugwash,  N.  S.,  the 
barns  and  stable  being  surrounded  by  shade 
trees  and  called  one  of  the  prettiest  locations 
in  that  country,  and  has  also  a  farm  at  Gulf 
Shore,  N,  S.  Mr.  MacDonald  resides  at  2" 
Dartmouth  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 


JAMES   CAMPBELL 

James  Campbell  is  one  of  the  oldest  and 
best  known  horsemen  in  New  England,  he 
having  for  years  had  a  racing  stable,  both  of 
the  light  harness  horse  and  of  the  runners. 
For  thirty  years  he  has  been  engaged  in  the 
restaurant  and  liquor  business  at  41  Merrimac 
Street,  Boston,  one  of  the  favorite  resorts 
for  horsemen  of  Greater  Boston. 

Of  the  fast  horses  owned  and  campaigned 
by  Mr.  Campbell  was  Sclavonic,  2  :o9  3-4, 
which  was  raced  by  the  veteran  driver,  J.  J. 
Bowen.  He  was  one  of  the  gamest  pacers  that 
ever  looked  through  a  bridle  and  his  remark- 
able races  at  Dover,  Rigby,  and  Providence 
will  long  stand  out  in  the  annals  of  the  pro- 
fessional turf.  In  his  race  at  Readville, 
Sclavonic  was  separately  timed  in  2:061-4. 
Celibate,  2:121-4,  was  another  good  horse 
for  Mr.   Campbell,  this  trotter's  best  efforts 


being  in  his  winning  races  at  Hat-tford, 
Providence  and  Readville.  Celibate  was  in 
the  hands  of  Trainer  John  Cheney.  Among 
others  campaigned  by  Mr.  Campbell  was 
J.  C,  2:22  1-4;  Toddy  C,  2:29  1-4;  Icelander, 
2:291-4,  the  latter  being  one  of  his  early 
ventures.  Mr.  Campbell  resides  at  56  Es- 
mond Street,  Dorchester,  Mass. 


JOHN  F.  DUNN 

John  F.  Dunn  was  born  in  South  Boston 
in  1873  and  attended  the  Lawrence  Grammar 
School.  He  started  work  in  Boston  in  1885 
with  John  Guild,  a  baker.  In  1900  he  began 
business  for  himself,  opening  a  bakery  at 
182  F  Street,  South  Boston,  where  he  is  at 
pre.=ent  located.  He  joined  the  Dorchester 
Gentlemen's  Driving  Club  in  1906  and  has 
served  on  the  board  of  directors.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  five  other  clubs  or  societies,  and 
therefore,  is  what  might  be  called  a  "jiner." 
Mr.  Dunn  has  taken  part  in  the  matinees  at 
Franklin  Field  Speedway,  the  best  known 
horse  that  he  raced  being  Prince  of  Monaco, 
2 :39  1-4.  Mr.  Dunn  resides  at  35  Emerson 
Street,  South  Boston. 


ALDEN    H.    WOODARD 

Alden  H.  Woodard  was  born  in  Lowell, 
Mass.,  in  1849,  and  attended  the  Colburn 
School  of  that  city.  His  first  work  was  for  his 
father,  Herman  Woodard,  clerking  in  the 
Lowell  House,  Causeway  Street,  Boston,  in 
1867.  He  started  in  business  for  himself  by 
opening  a  public  training  stable  at  Mystic 
Park,  Medford,  in  1871,  where  he  remained 
about  twenty  years.  He  then  became  half 
owner  of  the  Lowell  House,  where  he  first 
worked  as  clerk.  At  present  he  is  in  business 
at  12  Washington  Street,  Boston.  Mr.  Wood- 
ard belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 

It  is  to  the  horse  business,  particularly,  that 
this  sketch  of  Mr.  Woodard's  Hfe  will  re- 
fer. "Ollie,"  as  he  is  known  to  his  friends, 
had  a  wide  and  brilliant  career  as  a  trainer 
and  driver.  He  was  the  midget  of  the  sulky, 
weighing  only  120  pounds,  or  perhaps  a  lit- 
tle less,  it  being  nothing  for  him  to  pack 
away  over  30  pounds  of  lead  to  make  the 
150  pounds,  to  rule,  when  he  raced.  Tliis 
lead  he  wore  in  a  belt,  containing  ten  pounds, 
in  specially  made  boots,  each  with  seven 
poijnds  in  the  sole,  while  the  balance  was 
placed  in  the  sulky  cushion. 

Ollie  was  a  mere  lad,  in  Lowell,  when  he 
drove  his  first  race,  a  match  at  Mystic  Park, 
which  he  won.  During  this  time,  too,  he 
rode  running  horses  in  match  races.  Later 
he  became  noted  the  country  over  for  his 
success  with  the  Lambert  breed  of  trotters. 

Ollie  was   one  of  the  few  drivers  of  that 


J.  C.  MACOMBER 

First   President   of    Ouannapowitt   Club 

1907-08 


EDWIN  M.  SHANNON 
One    of    the    Old    Mystic    Park    Trainers 


ROYCE  E.  COLLINS 
Who  Could  Drive  a  Cheap  Trotter  Well 


LYLE   STERLING 
Who  Had  Great  Success  with  Woodshed,  2:09  1-4 


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period  who  went  to  California  from  the  East, 
there  being  no  railroad  over  the  Rockies 
when  he  visited  the  Golden  Coast,  but  one 
was  completed  while  he  was  there,  so  he  was 
enabled  to  return  by  rail.  He  refers  to  a 
race  he  drove  in  Sacramento,  Cal.,  when  he 
thought  the  starting  judge  gave  the  word. 
The  other  drivers  in  the  race  pulled  up,  as 
the  bell  was  rung  for  a  recall,  but  Ollie  kept 
on,  to  win  an  easy.  heat.  The  judges  con- 
tinued ringing  the  bell,  and  a  Mexican  rode 
a  pony  up  to  him  nearing  the  quarter-pole, 
quietly  telling  him  the  judges  desired  his 
presence   at  the  wire. 

Ollie  plainly  told  the  Mexican  to  go  to 
the  hot  place.  He  was  going  around  the 
track  and  was  then  on  !iis  way.  Imagine  his 
surprise  when  the  Mexican  quickly  threw  a 
lasso  over  the  horse's  head,  bringing  him  to 
a  stop ;  then  he  pulled  the  horse  around  by 
the  lasso  on  his  neck,  and  led  him  back  to 
the  wire,  with  "Little  Olhe,"  mad  as  a  wet 
hen,  but  obliged  to  sit  tight  and  ride  to 
where  the  Mexican  intended  taking  him. 

With  the  Lambert  family  Ollie  headed 
summary  after  summary  of  the  races  which 
he,  fof  years,  contested  in.  There,  was  the 
stallion  Aristos,  2  127  3-4,  which  he  first  made 
prominent  on  the  turf  and  later  the  horse 
made  good  in  the  stud,  for  in  those  days 
2:30  speed  was  not  always  required  to  win 
good  racing  events.  Old-time  horsemen 
readily  bring  to  memory  the  consistent  trot- 
ters John  Hall,  2:241-4;  Lady  Foxie, 
2:24  1-4,  and  others  Ollie  campaigned.  Then 
later  came  R.  D.  F.,  2:21  1-4,  who  was  nearly 
invincible  for  several  seasons  over  the  half- 
mile  tracks  of  New  England,  New  York 
.state,  and  Canada.  There  was  the  pacer, 
Brightwood,  2:191-4.  one  of  the  few  pacers 
Ollie  handled,  but  he  Droved  just  as  adept 
in  racing  a  wiggler  as  with  a  trotter.  There 
were  scores  of  others  the  "little  man"  cam- 
paigned, but  the  ones  mentioned  will  show 
his  success  as  a  trainer  and  driver. 

After  retiring  from,  the  training  ranks  Ol- 
lie did  not  forget  his-  old  love,  but  owned 
and  had  raced  for  him  the  trotters.  Rex, 
2:25  1-4;  Frenzie  L.,  2:14  1-2,  and  Ornament, 
2:18  1-4.  In  company  with  John  May,  who 
owned  Pilot  Knox,  2:193-4,  he  had  a  green 
mare  in  the  string  of  John  Porter,  at  South 
Framingham,  Mass.,  the  season  of  1914,  that 
could  show  a  lot  of  speed.  Mr.  Woodard  re- 
sides at  78  Highland  Road,  Somerville,  Mass. 


with  the  wholesale  paper  firm  of  Monroe 
Paper  Co.,  and  is  now  employed  by  the  Bos- 
ton Elevated  Street  Railway  as  division 
superintendent.  Mr.  Wilkins  joined  the  Dor- 
chesier  Driving  Club  in  1907,  and  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Union  Lodge  of  Masons,  New 
England  Street  Railway  Club,  the  American 
Street  Railway  Association,  Neponset 
"Brotherhood,  Boston  Elevated  Mutual  Aid 
Association,  Metropolitan  Mutual  Aid 
Association,  Division  No.  3,  Boston  Elevated 
Mutual  Aid  Association,  Ashmont  Improve- 
ment Association,  South  Dorchester  Im- 
provemLcnt  Association,  and  Upham's  Cor- 
ner Improvement  Association.  Mr.  Wilkins 
is  on  the  board  of  directors  for  the  Dorches- 
ter Board  of  Trade,  and  fills  the  same 
pcsition  for  the  Massachusetts  Co-operative 
Bank.  He  resides  at  1.5 15  Dorchester 
Avenue,  Dorchester,  Mass. 


JAMES  F.  LYNCH 

James  F.  Lynch  was  born  in  South  Boston 
in  1870,  and  was  graduated  from  the  gram- 
mar and  evening  high  schools  of  that  section. 
His  first  work  was  for  his  father  in.  the  barrel 
business  in  1885.  He  started  for  himself  in 
1905,  following  the  same  line,  and  locating 
at  47-53  Champney  Street,  South  Boston. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Dorchester  Gentle- 
men's Driving  Club,  and  is  one  of  the  regu- 
lars in  attending  the  matinees  at  the  Franklin 
Field  Speedway.  The  horses  he  has  raced 
are  May  Shedd  and  Sunshine,  2:15  1-4,  both 
being  well  known  in  matinee  circles.  Mr. 
Lynch  resides  at  13  Howe  Avenue.  South 
Boston,   Mass. 


FRANK  I.  WILKINS 

Frank  I.  \\'ilkins  was  born  in  Salem, 
Mass.,  in  1862,  and  received  his  education  in 
the  Prescott  and  Winthrop  schools,  Charles- 
town.     He  started  work  in  Boston,  in   1879, 


DAVID  M.  BIGGS 

David  M.  Biggs  was  born  in  Little  River, 
Kent  County,  N.  B.,  in  1863,  and  attended  the 
schools  of  his  native  town.  His  first  work 
was  for  E.  B.  Wadsworth,  in  Winthrop,  Mass., 
as  foreman  in  the  livery  stable.  This  was  in 
1880.  Seven  years  later  he  started  in  busi- 
ness for  himself,  doing  general  contracting 
and  teaming  in  Dorchester.  At  present  he  has 
added  to  his  former  line  the  sale  of  sand  and 
gravel,  his  business  address  being  60-108 
Marsh   Street,  Dorchester. 

Mr.  Biggs  was  a  charter  member  of  the 
Dorchester  Club  and  has  held  numerous  offi- 
cial positions,  in  1914  filling  the  chair  of  sec- 
ond vice-president.  He  became  a  member  of 
the  Old  Colony  Club  in  1912.  He  is  an  Odd 
Fellow,  Knight  of  Pythias,  a  member  of  the 
United  States  Fat  Men's  Club  and  several 
other  social  orders. 

While  there  can  be  no  doubt  of  Mr.  Biggs 
being  eligible  to  the  order  of  Fat  Men,  vet  he 


SISTER    PATCH,    2:26  1-4 
The  Champion  for  Two  Seasons  at  Franklin  Field  Speedway  Jogging  to  the  Starting 
Stand  for  the  Opening  Heat.     Owned  and  Driven  by  W.  H.  Young 


SUSIE  F.,  2:20  1-4 
Franklin  Field  Speedway  Trotting  Champion  and  Cup  Winner  in  1904.     Owned  and 

Driven  by  J.  Rollin  Stuart,  Jr. 


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has  always  derived  a  lot  of  pleasure  in  mat- 
inee racing,  and  in  driving  his  own  horses.  Con- 
sidering his  weight  handicap,  he  is  really  a 
good  driver  of  trotters^  being  light-handed  and 
adept  in  keeping  his  horse  on  his  gait  and 
stride.  His  coolness  and  excellent  nerve  have 
won  him  many  a  good  race.  About  his  first 
trotter  was  Authentic,  2:161-4,  s-  winner  of 
numerous  prizes  and  ribbons  in  the  early  days 
of  the  Dorchester  Club,  while  Grace  B.,  one 
that  he  raced  at  Franklin  Field  Speedway  in 
1913,  was  the  winner  of  second  prize  for 
trotters  that  season. 

Mr.  Biggs,  though,  takes  great  interest  in 
his  young  and  promising  group  of  trotters,  all 
from  the  brood  mare,  Mary  Ann,  by  Allie- 
wood,  2:09  1-2,  dam  Emma  D.,  2:15  3-4,  the 
oldest  being  Annie  M.,  three  years  old  and  a 
prize  winner  in  the  races  of  1914,  by  Baron 
May,  2  :o7  1-4,  the  next  Mary  B.,  two  years 
old,  by  Forest,  and  her  last  being  Annie  B., 
foaled  in  1914,  by  Gun  Metal,  2:16  1-4.  Mary 
Ann  is  now  in  foal  by  Aquilin,  2:19  3-4.  Mr. 
Biggs  resides  at  60  Marsh  Street,  Dorchester. 


Mass. 


LYLE    STERLING 

Lyle  Sterling  was  born  in  Blooming  Val- 
ley, Pa.,  in  1867.  When  a  small  boy  his  par- 
ents removed  to  Abington,  111.,  at  which 
place  he  received  his  education.  He  first  came 
to  Boston  in  1883,  and  entered  the  employ  of 
R.  M.  and  L.  J.  Sturtevant,  who  were  en- 
gaged in  the  meat  business.  A  year  later,  he 
went  West  and  brought  back  East  the  noted 
trotting  stallion,  J.  R.  Shedd.  2:19  1-4.  He 
started  in  business  for  himself  in  1901,  open- 
mg  a  public  training  stable  at  iMystic  Park. 
He  is  now  connected  with  the  Somerville  Fire 
Department.  Mr.  Sterling  is- a  member  of  the 
Fellsway  Driving  Club,  and  also  belongs  to 
the  Knights  of  Pythias. 

Mr.  Sterling's  turf  career  as  a  trainer  and 
driver  was  an  extended  one.  During  the  years 
he  was  on  the  turf  he  was  very  successful, 
winning  many  races.  Among  those  readily 
brought  to  mind,  that  he  campaigned,  are 
Esperanza,  2:10  1-4;  Annie  Shedd,  2:14  1-2; 
A.  S.  L.,  2:16  1-4;  Alice  Wilkes,  2:21  1-4; 
Elsie  Mac  (i),  2:473-4;  (5),  2:223-4;  J.  R. 
Shedd,  Jr.,  2:30;  Dr.  Franklin,  2:24  1-2; 
Stephen  W.,  2:13  1-4;  Special  Boy,  2:12  1-4, 
and  Woodshed,  2  :o9  1-4. 

It  was  with  this  little  pacer.  Woodshed, 
that  Mr.  Sterling's  reputation  extended  far 
and  wide.  In  the  six  years  that  he  raced  him 
over  mile  and  half-mile  tracks,  and  in  never 
a  class  slower  than  the  2:12,  he  was  only  twice 
back  of  the  money.  Each  season  he  began 
racing  in  June,  and  kept  constantly  at  it  until 
the  snow  flew. 


Woodshed  was  a  prime  favorite  with  the 
horsemen  and  patrons  of  the  race  meetings 
wherever  he  was  started.  He  could  always  be 
relied  upon  to  put  up  a  very  stif¥  race,  and  a 
horse  had  to  outclass  him  in  order  to  gain 
the  verdict.  With  all  of  his  hard,  grueling 
races,  the  little  chestnut  was  made  of  such 
material  that  he  absolutely  seemed  to  thrive 
upon  it.  Later,  Mr.  Sterling  won  a  whole  lot 
of  good  races  with  the  gelding,  Special  Boy, 
and  there  are  today  many  of  the  veteran  race- 
goers who  well  remember  the  race  at  Old 
Orchard  in  which  Mr.  Sterling  gave  Esper- 
anza his  record  of  2:10  1-4.  Mr.  Sterling  re- 
sides at  .380  Somerville  Ave.,  Somerville, 
Mass. 


ROYCE  E.  COLLINS 

RoYCE  E.  Collins  was  born  in  Orwell,  Vt., 
in  1866,  and  attended  the  district  schools  of 
h's  native  town.  He  came  to  Boston  the  Fall  of 
1889,  3^nd  took  the  position  of  assistant  super- 
intendent, under  W.  A.  "Pod"  Skinner,  at  the 
Bates  Farm  in  Watertown,  Mass.  In  1896 
he  entered  into  business  for  himself,  opening 
a  public  training  stable  at  Combination  Park. 
He  remained  there  for  several  years  and  then 
entered  the  employ  of  Commodore  Perkins  as 
assistant  trainer  under  Jack  Trout.  Mr.  Col- 
lins is  a  Mason,  having  joined  the  Independent 
No.  10  at  Orwell,  Vt.,  when  a  few  months 
over  21  years  of  age.  He  resides  in  West 
Somerville,  Mass. 

Among  the  most  prominent  horses  that  he 
has  campaigned  and  given  records  to  are  the 
following:  Squeezer,  2:133-4;  Tennehinch, 
2:161-4;  Jimmie  B.,  2:111-4;  Diversion, 
2:13  1-4;  Rex,  2:13  1-2;  Oriole,  2:18  1-2; 
Avis,  2 :20  1-4,  which  co^-^t  only  $90,  and  a 
season  later  was  second  in  2:13  1-2;  J.  M.  B., 
2  :26  3-4  :  Prince  Megner,  2  :2i ;  Call,  2  :i8  1-4 ; 
Alto,  2:21;  Jim,  2:27  1-4;  Lily,  2:19  1-2; 
Palmetto  Prince,  2:11;  Doctor  L.,  2:21  1-4; 
Thad,  2:29  1-4;  Dumont,  2:20  1-4.  During 
Mr.  Collins'  turf  career  he  never  had  a  horse 
that  cost  more  than  $500,  which  was  the 
price  paid  for  Tennehinch.  Squeezer,  the  geld- 
ing that  won  many  races  over  the  New  Eng- 
land tracks,  cost  only  $450. 

The  first  race  that  Mr.  Collins  drove  in 
^Massachusetts  occurred  over  the  Worcester 
half-mile  track,  and  he  defeated  a  large  field 
of  horses  in  seven  heats  with  Prince  Megner. 
At  the  Saugus  race  track  he  won  a  race  with 
Diversion  over  Colleen,  2:133-4,  the  latter 
being  a  top-heavy  favorite.  Before  the  first 
heat  was  started,  Mr.  Collins  stood  to  win 
$?,oco  on  his  mare.  On  account  of  Colleen 
being  such  a  large  favorite,  there  was  a  big 
kick  made  by  her  backers  that  the  race  was 


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REX  (by  Electricity) 
Franklin  Field  Speedway  Cup  Winner  for  Trotters  in  1903.     Owned  and  Driven  by 

Albert     Fellows 


BETTY  FENNELL 
Winner  of  Seven  Blue  Ribbons  Before  She  Was  22  Months  of  Age.     Sired  by  Neno  Bin- 
gen,  2:22  1-4;  Dam  Su  Su,  by  Vatican,  2:29  1-4.     Owned  and 
Driven   by   John   Fennell 


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The   Driving   Clubs   of   Greater   Boston 


not  on  the  level,  and  the  judges  declared  all 
bets  and  pools  on  the  event  off,  thus  depriving 
Mr.  Collins  of  a  nice  bit  of  change. 

At  another  time  Mr.  Collins  was  racing  at 
Bradford,  N.  H.,  against  old  Charley  Taylor, 
then  in  his  Qoth-odd  year.  Mr.  Collins  had 
Diversion  and  Mr.  Taylor  the  pacing  gelding, 
Robert  B.,  2:12.  In  the  first  heat  Robert  B. 
made  four  long  runs,  and  finished  on  a  run, 
with  Diversion    lapped  on  him  at  the  wire. 

Before  the  start  of  the  heat,  Mr.  Collins 
had  invested  all  the  money  he  had  in  the 
world  that  his  mare  would  win  that  heat.  He 
went  into  the  judges'  stand  to  call  the  atten- 
tion of  the  officials  to  the  long  runs  taken  by 
Robert  B.,  though  satisfied  in  his  own  mind 
that  he  would  be  awarded  the  heat,  but  went 
up  simply  to  make  it  safe. 

Much  to  his  surprise,  the  starting  judge  said 
that  he  was  amazed  that  a  young,  bright,  husky 
looking  fellow  like  Mr.  Collins  should  come 
up  into  the  judges'  stand  and  make  a  com- 
plaint against  a  man  driving  against  him  who 
was  over  90  years  of  age. 

Then  Mr.  Collins  said,  "I  appreciate  Mr. 
Taylor  fully  as  much  as  I  think  you  men  do 
in  the  stand;  but,  under  my  present  financial 
condition,  I  cannot  in  due  respect  to  myself 
aft'ord  to  give  him  any  money,  either  of  what 
I  have  bet  to  win  on  the  heat,  or  a  portion  of 
the  purse.  Now,  if  you  judges  think  so  high- 
ly of  Mr.  Taylor,  why  wouldn't  it  be  the  best 
scheme  for  you  to  dig  into  your  own  pockets 
.and  give  him  the  difference  between  the  first 
and  second  money,  instead  of  asking  a  poor 
driver  like  me  to  do  so?  Under  compulsion 
I  am  made  to  think  that  you  are  simply  put- 
ling  3'our  hand  of  charity  into  my  pocket 
and  robbing  me  to  give  something  to  Mr. 
Taylor." 

In  relating  the  occurrence  later,  Mr.  Collins 
said  that  the  argument  did  not  help  matters, 
as  old  Charlej'  Taylor  ran  his  pacer  a  quarter 
of  the  way  each  heat  and  got  first  money. 

Likely  the  biggest  scoop  ever  turned  by  Mr. 
Collins  was  at  Dover,  N.  H.,  with  the  trotting 
gelding.  Squeezer,  when  he  defeated  a  field 
of  seven  horses,  including  the  great  stallion, 
Bingen,  2  :o6  1-4.  The  event  was  won  in  eight 
heats,  Mr.  Collins  winning  the  second,  sixth 
and  eighth  ;  Bingen  grabbing  off  the  fifth  and 
seventh  heats. 

One  week  later  he  again  had  Squeezer  win- 
ning a  seven-heat  race  at  Old  Orchard.  The 
horses  finishing  behind  him  were  Tom  Boy, 
Success,  Ben  H.,  Paddy  D.,  Webb,  Dexter  K. 
and  Lillian  Wilkes.  So  creditable  was  the  vic- 
tory of  Squeezer,  at  Dover,  that  the  summary 
of  the  event  is  appended : 


Dover,  N.  H.,  Jaly  30,  iSgS — 2:13  class,  trotting; 
purse,  $500. 
Squeezer,  b.  g.,  by  McEwen  (R.  Col- 
lins)         3  I  6  5  4  I  2  I 

Bingen,  b.  s.,  by  May  King  (Titer)   57261412 
J.  M.  D.,  b.  g.,  untraced    (Loomis)    i  3  i  2  3  3  3  3 
Nicola,  b.  g.,  by  Guardsman  (Knapp)   44412244 
Sidney  McGregor,  b.  s.   (Conley)..   2  2  3  4  dr 
Hazel   Dell,   blk.   m.    (Dore)  ...... .  6  5  5:3  dr 

Tom   Boy,  b.  m.    (Marsh) 7  6  dr 

Time — 2:121-2,  2:141-2,  2:123-4,   2:141-4,  2:141-4, 
2  :i5  1-2,  2  :i7  1-2,  2  :i8. 


EDWIN    M.    SHANNON 

Edwin  M.  Shannon  was  born  in  Ports- 
mouth, N.  H.,  in  1857,  and  attended  the  local 
schools  of  that  city.  His  first  work  was  in 
1870,  for  his  father,  George  H.  Shannon, 
who  run  the  half-mile  track  in  Portsmouth. 
In  1882  he  entered  the  employ  of  True  Jones, 
of  Boston,  having  a  stable  of  horses  at  Bea- 
con Park.  In  1883  he  opened  a  public 
training  stable  for  himself,  at  Beacon  Park, 
where  he  remained  until  1887,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Mystic  Park.  In  1892  he  entered 
the  employ  of  Samuel  Hodgdon,  of  Meredith, 
N.  H.,  whose  horses  he  trained  for  one  year. 
In  1893  he  became  assistant  trainer  for  J.  J- 
Bowen,  at  Mystic  Park,  where  he  remained 
until  1902,  Mr.  Bowen  then  retiring  from 
business.  Mr.  Shannon  is  now  employed  by 
the  Cushing  Medical  Supply  Co.,  164  Canal 
Street,  Boston. 

While  identified  on  the  turf  as  trainer  and 
driver,  Mr.  Shannon  raced  T.  L.  D.,  2:22  1-4; 
Tom  Lambert,  2  123  ;  Falcon,  Jr.  (4),  2:21  3-4; 
Ethan  Boy,  2:17  3-4;  Dixie,  2:14  3-4;  Nick, 
2:13  1-4;  Coral,  2:25;  Doctor,  2:16  1-2; 
Mars  Chan,  2:19  1-4;  Miller  Boy,  2:14  1-2; 
Mystic  Maid,  2:21  1-4,  etc.  Mr.  Shannon  re- 
sides at  49  Grafton  Street,  Arlington,  Mass. 


WILLIAM;    H.    YOUNG 

William  H.  Young  was  born  in  Milton, 
Mass.,  in  1868,  and  attended  the  local  schools 
of  his  native  town.  His  first  work  was  as  a 
baker  for  Bent  &  Co.,  Milton,  in  1882.  By 
industrv  and  excellent  business  sagacity  he 
arose  to  the  position  of  manager  of  the  con- 
cern when  it  was  purchased  by  the  National 
Biscuit  Co.,  in  which  place  he  still  remains. 

He  joined  the  Dorchester  Driving  Club  in 
1908  and  has  served  on  the  board  of  direc- 
tors and  as  vice-president.  He  always  owned 
a  good  road  horse,  one  with  speed,  even 
back  when  brushing  was  popular  on  the 
River  Street  road.  In  the  matinees  at  Frank- 
Im  Field  Speedway  he  raced  Cracker  Bov 
with  success,  and  later  the  good  pacing  mare, 
Sister  Patch,  2:261-4,  bv  Toe  Patchen, 
2  :oi  1-4,  dam  by  Gambetta  Wilkes.  She,  for 
two  seasons,  was  the  Dacine  champion  of  the 
course.     Although  joint  holder  of  the  record 


A.  W.  DAVIS 
Prominent  in  Promoting  Horse  Shows 


HERBERT  GRAY 

Who  Bought  $400,000  Worth  of  Trotters 
for  Thomas  W.  Lawson 


CHARLES  D.  WELLS 

Charter  Member  of  Quannapowitt  Club  and 

Owner  of  the  Prize  Winning  Mare, 

Border  W. 


MARTIN  J.  HEALY 
A  Live  Wire  of  the  Lynn  Club 


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The   Driving   Clubs  of   Greater   Boston 


of  I  :oo  flat,  she  was  the  champion  at  the 
close  of  the  season  of  1914,  of  having  raced 
the  two  fastest  consecutive  heats,  in  i  :oo  and 
I  :oi  1-4.  Mr.  Young  resides  at  6  Medway 
.Street,    Dorchester,    Mass. 

J.   ROLLIN    STUART,   JR. 

J.  RoLLiN  Stuart,  Jr.,  was  born  in  Tarry- 
town,  N.  Y.,  in  1866,  and,  when  a  boy,  went 
to  Mihvaukee  where  his  early  education  was 
gained.  Coming  to  Boston  he  graduated 
from  the  English  High  School  in  1884,  and 
that  year  started  to  work  as  an  errand  boy 
for  Whittemore,  Woodbury  &  Co.  In  1887, 
with  others,  he  started  the  house  of  Pike, 
Ordway  &  Stuart,  making  blackings,  shoe 
dressings,  etc.  This  firm  was  incorporated  in 
1890  as  the  Boston  Blacking  Co.,  with  its 
office  in  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Mr.  Stuart  became  a  member  of  the  Dor- 
chester Gentlemen's  Driving  Club  in  1901, 
and  has  served  on  the  board  of  directors.  He 
is  also  a  Mason  and  belongs  to  several  of  the 
social  clubs  of  Boston.  In  the  matinee  end 
of  the  club,  Mr.  Stuart  was  very  prominent 
with  his  trotting  mare,  Susie  F.,  2 :2o  1-4, 
which,  in  1904,  won  the  silver  cup  offered  for 
the  trotter  winning  the  most  races  on  the 
speedway  and,  the  following  year,  was  the 
fastest  trotter  in  the  club.  He  also  owned 
Dempsey,  2:10  1-4;  Willie  Robbs,  2:14; 
Little  Edgar,  2:10  1-2,  and  Vixie  Adams. 
Mr.  Stuart  resides  at  561  Ward  Street,  New- 
ton Center,  Mass. 


ALBERT  FELLOWS 

Albert  Fellows  was  born  in  Athens,  Me., 
in  1849,  and  received  his  education  in  the 
common  schools  and  academy  of  that  city. 
He  came  to  Boston  in  1872  and  entered  the 
employ  of  Henry  E.  Cobb  &  Co.,  grocers. 
Six  years  later  he  began  business  for  himself 
in  the  same  line,  opening  a  store  at  163 1 
Washington  Street,  where  he  remained  fifteen 
years,  then  removing  to  Ashmont,  where  he 
has  been  located  twenty-two  years.  Mr. 
Fellows  is  one  of  the  oldest  members  of  the 
Dorchester  Driving  Club,  of  which  he  is  a 
charter  member.  He  succeeded  R.  S.  Fitch  in 
the  office  of  treasurer,  which  he  had  held  for 
seven  years,  to  the  close  of  1914.  He  is  alsr 
a  member  of  the  Dirigo,  Odd  Fellows,  and  ? 
Mason.  For  many  seasons  he  raced  the 
gelding,  Rex,  on  the  speedway,  and  was  a 
contender  in  all  events  in  which  he  took  part. 
Mr.  Fellows  resides  at  75  Bailey  Street,  Dor- 
chester, Mass. 


schools  in  Great  Shenogue,  N.  B.  He  came 
to  Boston  in  1880,  and  went  to  work  for 
Clark  A.  Wells,  shoeing  horses.  He  started 
in  the  horseshoeing  business  for  himself  in 
1889,  in  Reading,  Mass.,  where  he  is  still  lo- 
cated. He  was  one  of  the  charter  members 
of  the  Quannapowitt  Driving  Club,  and  has 
been  constant  in  attendance  and  a  devotee  of 
the  matinee  sport  ever  since  the  inception  of 
the  club,  in  1907.  Mr.  Wells  is  an  Odd  Fel- 
low and  belongs  to  the  Pilgrim  Fathers. 

In  the  matinee  sport,  he  has  owned,  among 
others,  Woodland,  matinee  record  2:20  1-4; 
Orrion  Wilkes,  matinee  record  2:18  1-2; 
Bolivar,  2  130,  and  Border  W.  The  last  named 
is  the  one  he  is  now  enjoying  his  favorite 
sport  with.  She  is  a  very  handsome,  good 
gaited  trotting  mare,  that  would  take  a  blue 
ribbon  in  high  society  for  her  conformation 
and  her  general  good  points.    Mr.  Wells'  home 


is  in  Reading,  Mass. 


CHARLES    D.    WELLS 
Charles   D.    Wells   was   born    in    Richi- 
busto,    N.    B.,    in    1862,    and    attended    the 


MARTIN   J.   HEALY 

Martin  J.  Healy  is  a  member  of  the  Lynn 
and  Quannapowitt  Driving  Clubs  and  owner 
of  the  trotter  Saranac,  2  :i4  1-4,  that  good  son 
of  Todd,  which  took  his  record  over  the 
Haverhill  track  in  1914.  Mr.  Healy  has  also 
owned  a  dozen  or  more  other  fast  matinee 
performers.  He  bought  Saranac,  as  a  two- 
year-old,  for  $240,  and  has  earned  more  than 
.$2,000  with  him.  When  a  three-year-old, 
Saranac  had  six  matinee  races  and  dropped 
his  winning  time  from  1 :20  to  I  107,  in  the 
half-mile  matinee  races  of  the  Quannapowitt 
Club  at  Reading  track.  In  1914  Saranac 
broke  the  Rockdale  Park  trotting  record, 
which  had  been  held  many  years  b)'  Nelson, 
when  he  stepped  the  Peabody  two-lap  track, 
at  a  matinee  meeting,  against  time,  in  2  :i8.  At 
the  opening  matinee  of  the  Metropolitan  Driv- 
ing Club's  half-mile  track,  an  invitation  afifair 
in  which  all  of  the  Greater  Boston  clubs  par- 
ticipated, Saranac  was  winner  of  his  race  and 
a   handsome  trophy   cup. 

Mr.  Healy  has  a  big  fruit  business  in 
Lynn  and  racing  horses  is  his  only  pastime. 
In  the  last  dozen  years  he  has  been  a  promi- 
nent figure  in  many  of  the  leading  interclub 
matinees  of  Greater  Boston  and  his  good 
natured  wit  has  enlivened  many  a  race.  In 
the  famous  interclub  meets  of  Greater  Bos- 
ton, in  which  Lynn  was  so  prominent,  Mr. 
Healy  drove  many  races  for  his  club.  With 
the  pacer  Uncle  Angus,  2:17  1-4,  he  won  the 
day  against  Dorchester,  at  Rockdale  Park, 
with  considerable  fun  thrown  in.  Mixed- 
wood,  2:10  1-4:  Widlar,  2:163-4;  Hazel  Dell, 
2:14  1-4;  Peter  Healy,  Dare  Devil,  Jr., 
General  Cord,  Beauford  Hall,  Arthur  Mc- 
Fvinney,  and  several  others  are  among  those 


POSTMAN,  2:13  3-4 
A    Favorite    at    Franklin    Field     Speedway. 
Owned  by  Charles  N.  Starratt 


BLANCHE  WILKES 

One  of  the  Trotting  Stars  of  Dorchester  Club. 

Owned  and  Driven  by  W.  H.  Noyes 


BARONESS  TELL  (3)  (by  Baron  Review),  2:21  1-4 

Dam  Lady  K.  Tell,  Trial  2:14  1-4,  Dam  of  Baron 

Tell  (2),  2:29  1-4,  by  Axtell  (3),  2:12. 

Owned  by  Lincoln  Pedrick 


SUNSHINE,  2:15  1-4 

A  Consistent  Winner  at  Franklin  Field  Speedway. 

Owned  and  Driven  by  Alden  Briggs 


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which  Mr.  Plealy  has  owned  at  various  times. 
Mr.  Healy  resides  in  West  Lynn,  Mass. 

JOHN  FENNELL 

John  Fennell  was  born  in  St.  John,  N.  b., 
in  1856,  and  attended  the  schools  of  that  city. 
In  1878  he  came  to  Boston  and  became  the 
manager,  and  was  a  partner  with  Thomas 
Furlong,  wholesale  liquor  dealers.  He 
started  in  the  wholesale  licjuor  business  for 
himself  in  1885,  at  175  Devonshire  Street, 
Boston,  where  he  is  still  located.  He  joined 
the  Dorchester  Driving  Club  in  190-6,  and 
the  Quannapowitt  Driving  Club  when  it  was 
organized.  He  also  is  a  member  of  the 
Boston  Lodge  of  Elks. 

Mr.  Fennell  has  used  for  his  matinee  sport 
the  trotter,  Mickey,  2  :20,  and  the  high-bred 
filly,  Betty  Fennell,  by  Neno  Bingen, 
2:22  1-4,  dam  Su  Su,  by  Vatican,  2:29  1-4, 
dam  of  Foxy  Todd,  Future  Todd,  Miss  Todd^ 
trial  2:131-2,  and  Sister  Todd,  for  which 
$2,500  was  refused.  Her  second  dam  was  Ra- 
chel Russell,  dam  of  Major  Mason,  2:093-4; 
Major  Morgan,  2:14;  Nelly  Mason,  2:14; 
Odilla,  2:24  1-2,  by  Woodford  Abdallah. 
Ophelia  M.,  daughter  of  Rachel  _  Russell, 
produced  Miss  Ophelia,  2:09  1-4;  George 
Onward,  2:23  1-4;  Lady  Tenn^'son,  2:17  1-2; 
Star  Onward,  2:14;  Mattie  Studholm, 
2:29  1-4;  Mark  Onward,  2:13  1-4;  Mark 
Night  (4),  2:15  1-4,  and  Onfield,  2:22.  Betty 
Fennell  was  naturally  a  fast  filly.  She  won 
seven  blue  ribbons  in  the  matinees  of  the 
Quannapowitt  Club  up  to  the  time  she  was 
twenty-two  months  old.  When  a  three-year- 
old,  with  little  training,  she  turned  the  Read- 
ing half-mile  track  in  2 :28,  and  the  last 
quarter  was  in  31  1-4  seconds.  Mr.  Fennell 
resides  at  54  Virginia  St.,  Dorchester,  Mass. 


the  age  of  twelve,  and  from  there  he  went 
to  Hanover,  Mass.  In  1874,  at  eighteen  year,? 
of  age,  he  started  in  the  teaming  and  con- 
tracting business  for  himself  in  Hanover, 
having  only  one  horse  to  begin  with,  and 
with  which  business  he  is  still  occupied,  and 
also  has  a  milk  route.  His  residence  is  at  102 
Willard  St.,  East  Milton,  Mass.,  where  he  has 
lived  since  1891.  He  joined  the  Dorchester 
Gentlemen's  Driving  Club  in  1907,  and  has 
been  active  on  the  committees.  He  has  al- 
ways been  prominent  in  the  matinees  at 
Franklin  Field  Speedway  and  in  the  Winter 
racing  at  Mattapan.  Among  the  horses  he  has 
owned  can  be  remembered  Sunshine,  2:15  1-4, 
trial  2:10,  and  a  half  on  the  Dorchester 
Speedway  in  i  :04.  She  stepped  a  quarter 
over  the 'Mattapan  Speedway,  the  Winter  of 
1912,  in  32  1-4  seconds. 


WILLIAM   H.  NOYES 

William  H.  No  yes  was  born  in  North  Da- 
kota, in  1885,  and  attended  the  schools  in  that 
state.  When  eighteen  years  old  he  went  to 
work  for  his  father,  who  was  in  the  coal  busi- 
ness at  1 1  Hamlet  St.,  Dorchester.  With  the 
death  of  his  father,  he  succeeded  to  the  busi- 
ness, which  he  still  continues  to  run.  He  Is 
a  member  of  the  Dorchester  Driving  Club, 
and  among  the  horses  that  he  raced  over  the 
Franklin  Field  Speedway  were  Gladys  M., 
2:21  3-4,  Blanche  Wilkes,  The  Monk,  and 
Pauline  Wilkes,  with  a  trial  of  2:18  1-4.  Mr. 
Noyes  resides  in  Dorchester,  Mass. 


ALDEN  BRIGGS 

Alden  Briggs  was  born  in  North  Pem- 
broke, Mass.,  in  1855,  and  was  graduated 
from  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town. 
His  first  work  was  on  a  farm  in  Pembroke,  fit 


LINCOLN    PEDRICK 

Lincoln  Pedrick  was  born  in  Marblehead, 
Mass.,  in  1859,  and  was  graduated  from  the 
public  schools  of  Lynn,  Mass.  In  1875  he 
entered  the  retail  boot  and  shoe  business  in 
Lynn,  in  the  employ  of  C.  A.  Wentworth.  In 
1883,  Mr.  Pedrick  started  in  the  boot  and 
shoe  business  for  himself,  selling  both  whole- 
sale and  retail.  He  is  now  an  auctioneer,  his 
place  of  business  being  at  38  Central  Ave., 
Lynn.  Mr.  Pedrick  joined  the  Gentlemen's 
Driving  Club  of  Lynn  in  1910,  and  has  served 
on  the  racing  committee. 

Mr.  Pedrick  has  been  one  of  the  promi- 
nent members  in  the  matinee  racing  at  Rock- 
dale Park,  Peabody.  Among  those  which  he 
has  been  successful  with  are  Lord  of  Quality, 
2:21  1-4;  Widlar,  2:16  3-4;  Willie  John, 
2:21  1-4,  winner  of  the  time  cup  in  the  Lynn 
Club's  season  of  matinee  racing  of  1912- 
1913.  One  that  Mr.  Pedrick  feels  very  proud 
of,  and  has  shown  him  a  lot  of  speed  for  the 
limited  amount  of  handling  she  has  had,  is 
the  three-year-old  filly.  Baroness  Tell,  by 
Baron  Review,  2:21  1-4,  out  of  Lady  K.  Tell, 
trial  of  2:14  1-4,  and  the  dam  of  Baron  Tell 
(2),  2:29  1-4.  Lady  K.  TeU  was  by  Axtell 
(3)',  2:12,  dam  by  Belle  K.,  a  daughter  of 
Dr.  Herr.  Belle  K.  produced  Herr  Tell, 
2:17  1-4.  Baroness  Tell  was  bred  by  Benja- 
min Kinsley,  Terre  Haute,  Ind.,  and  is  excep- 
tionally good  looking,  and  her  gait,  manners 
and  speed  are  enough  to  convince  anybody  of 
her  future,  when  started  for  a  turf  career. 
Mr.  Pedrick  resides  in  Lynn,  Mass. 


JOHN    B.    CHADBOURNE 

John  B.  Ci-iadbourne,  who  resides  at  54 
Neponset    Ave.,    Hyde    Park,    Mass.,  and  is 
ent^ao-ed  in  the  coal,  coke  and  charcoal  busi- 


WELL     KNOWN     MEMBERS    OF    THE    DORCHESTER    DRIVING    CLUB 


EDGAR  O.  HADDOCK 


ADNA  T.  WHEELOCK 


PETER  J.  FITZGERALD 


EDWARD  B.  SWETT 


CAREY  KEITH 


EZRA  S.  HARRIS 


A.  M.  NEWBERT 


FRANK  L.  ROBBINS 


SOLLY  WOLFSON 


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ness  in  West  Quincy,  Mass.,  was  one  of  tlie 
early  members  of  the  Old  Colony  and  Dor- 
chester Gentlemen's  Driving  Clubs.  Of  all  the 
horses  that  Mr.  Chadbourne  has  owned,-  his 
favorite  was  Lyndhurst,  that  was  capable  of 


LYNDHURST 

A  Prize  Cup  Winner.     Owned  and  Driven  by 

John  B.  Chadbourne 


racing  matinee  heats  in  time  around  i  :io. 
While  owned  by  Mr.  Chadbourne,  she  won 
four  silver  cups,  besides  a  number  of  blu'i 
ribbons.  She  took  the  iirst  prize  time  cup  one 
season  at  Dorchester,  and  the  same  year  won 
second  prize  at  the  We3anouth  Fair.  She  was 
sired  by  Autograph,  2:16  1-2. 


A.  M.  JOHNSON 

A.  M.  Johnson  was  born  in  Nova  Scotia, 
m  1863,  where  he  received  his  school  educa- 
tion. His  first  work  in  Boston  was  a  car- 
penter for  Lock  &  Flint,  in  1884.  I"  1889  he 
started  in  the  building  and  contracting  busi- 
ness for  himself  in  Dorchester,  and  is  at  pres- 
ent engaged  in  real  estate  and  insurance,  hav- 
ing been  located  at  1468  Dorchester  Ave.  since 
1897.  He  joined  the  Dorchester  Driving  Clul) 
in  1902.  He  has  served  on  the  board  of  direc- 
tors, was  vice-president,  and  then  president 
the  years  of  1910-11-12,  he  being  the  only 
president  to  serve  three  terms  since  the  incep- 
tion of  the  club.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Odd  Fellows,  Master  Workmen,  the  Dorches- 
ter Board  of  Trade  and  Massachusetts  Real 
Estate  Exchange. 

During  Mr.  Johnson's  administration  the 
quarter-mile  track  at  the  Franklin  Field 
Speedway  was  extended  to  a  half-mile  course, 
a  new  grandstand  for  the  benefit  of  the  spec- 
tators was  built,  a  new  judges'  stand  and  one 
also  for  the  presiding  judges  erected.  All  of 
this   necessitated   more   than   ordinary   execu- 


tive ability,  as  it  meant  getting  the  City  of 
Boston  to  come  to  the  front  with  appropria- 
tions sufficient  to  defray  all  expenditures. 

Mr.  Johnson  has  always  held  a  leading 
place  in  the  speedway  events  of  the  Dorches- 
ter Club,  and,  were  he  only  to  have  owned 
and  raced  the  noted  trotting  gelding,  Ralph 
Wick,  2:13  1-4,  it  would  have  placed  his  name 
with  the  foremost.  Ralph  Wick  was  without 
doubt  one  of  the  very  best  known  horses  in 
this  country.  During  his  professional  career 
on  the  turf  he  won  more  races  over  half-mile 
tracks  than  any  trotter  ever  known.  It  was 
Ralph  Wick  that  ex-Mayor  Fitzgerald  drove 
at  the  opening  of  the  half-mile  speedway  at 
Franklin  Field,  winning  in  i  :o6. 

Among  some  of  the  others  that  Mr.  John- 
son has  owned  and  driven  in  the  matinee  and 
interclub  meets  are  Belmont,  2 :28  1-2 ;  Rex,' 
the  trotter  that  gave  him  a  whole  lot  of  sport 
and  was  a  hard  proposition  for  all  he  met  in 
his  class;  Alfretta  D.,  2:19  1-4;  Prince  of 
Monica,  Kremella,  2:18  3-4.  Mr.  Johnson 
resides  at  106  Melville  Ave.,  Dorchester,  Mass. 


RILEY    G.    CROSBY 

Riley  G.  Crosby  was  born  in  Yarmouth, 
N.  S.,  in  1874,  at  which  place  he  attended 
the  public  schools.  When  thirteen  years  of 
age  he  shipped  before  the  mast  and  followed 
the  sea  for  five  years.  In  1892  he  went  to 
Lynn,  Mass.,  and  apprenticed  himself  to  learn 
the  trade  of  brick  mason  with  the  firm  of 
N.  D.  Davison  &  Co.  He  started  in  business 
for  himself,  in  1896,  by  building  frame  houses 
for  speculation  and  taking  sub-contracts  in 
mason  work,  one  of  his  first  jobs  being  the 
laying  of  the  brick  in  the  public  bathhouse 
at  Crescent  Beach.  Mr.  Crosby  entered  the 
firm  of  McDonald  &  Joslin  Co.,  contractors 
and  builders,  as  secretary  of  the  corporation, 
in  1898. 

He  became  a  member  of  the  Dorchester 
Driving  Club  in  1896,  of  the  MetropoUtan 
Club  in  1913,  and  of  the  Old  Colony  Club  in 
1914.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  fraternal  or- 
der of  Odd  Fellows.  With  the  Dorchester 
Club  he  has  served  on  the  race  committee, 
board  of  directors,  second  vice-president,  and 
president  in  the  years  1913-14. 

Mr.  Crosby  has  the  reputation  of  having 
owned  and  taken  part  in  more  matinee  races 
than  any  other  member  of  the  Dorchester 
Club,  besides  having  participated  in  21  inter- 
club meets.  The  list  of  horses  with  fast  rec- 
ords that  have  occupied  stalls  in  his  stable, 
and  were  owned  and  driven  by  Mr.  Crosby, 
almost  looks  like  the  reading  of  the  Year 
Book.  In  partiality,  Mr.  Crosby  will  fre- 
quently bring  to  attention  several  that  he  has 


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owned  witli  niotlcrate  records,  preferring 
them  to  the  crackajacks  that  have  stepped 
faster  than  the  2:10  mark. 

One  of  the  very  best  that  ever  stepped  over 
the  Franklin  Field  Speedway  was  Mr.  Cros- 
by's pacing  gelding,  Bunker  Hill,  2:13  3-4, 
that  secured  the  five-heat  race  record  in  an 
interclub  meet  against  the  Metropolitan  Club. 
Opposed  to  him  was  Phoebon  W.,  2  :o8  3-4, 
owned  and  driven  by  W.  J.  Furbush,  the  con- 
test of  five  heats  averaging  30  seconds  to  a 
heat.  Each  of  the  pacers  had  won  two  heats, 
and  in  the  deciding  one  the  presiding  judge 
announced  Phoebon  W.  the  winner;  later  the 
judges  decided  that  Bunker  Hill  had  won  the 
race.  To  overcome  this  discrepancy  in  deci- 
sions, the  Dorchester  Club  officials  generously 
awarded  to  the  owners  of  Bunker  Hill  and 
Phoebon  W.  a  silver  cup,  so  that  each  man 
points  w'th  pride  to  having  won  the  fastest 
five-heat  race  over  the  speedway. 

With  Miss  Riggen,  2:14  1-4,  Mr.  Crosby 
holds  the  seven-heat  record  over  the  old  quar- 
ter-mile speedway  at  Franklin  Field,  get- 
ting it  the  day  he  defeated  Capt.  Hall  and 
Miss  Ormond.  Then  with  B.  S.  Dillon, 
2:14  1-4,  he  holds  the  three-heat  record  for 
the  quarter-mile  course,  securing  that  the 
afternoon  he  defeated  Rondo,  2:14  3-4, 
which  was  the  champion  for  several  years  on 
the  speedway,  and  Mr.  Crosby  had  to  buy 
more  than  a  half  dozen  pacers  before  getting 
one  capable  of  beating  him. 

Then  can  be  brought  to  mind  Nellie, 
2:26  1-4;  Victor,  2:29  1-4;  Riley  G.,  2:24  1-2; 
Prince  (trial),  2:27;  Annie  Lee,  2:07  1-4; 
Maxfield,  that  is  credited  with  winning  heats 
in  32  seconds;  Lizzie  Simms,  2:18;  Crispin, 
that  stepped  quarters  in  30  seconds ;  Rose- 
mont,  2:21  1-4,  one  of  the  gamest  that  ever 
looked  through  a  bridle  and  honest  as  the  day 
is  long;  lone,  2:17  1-4;  Postman,  2:13  3-4; 
and  a  half-interest  in  Grace  G.,  2  :o5  1-4. 

In  1914  Mr.  Crosby  enjoyed  the  matinees 
and  a  few  of  the  professional  races  with  the 
gelding,  Jack  Bingen,  2 :22  1-4.  He  had  a 
lot  of  fun  with  him  in  amateur  sport,  hav- 
ing been  rarely  beaten  at  Franklin  Field 
Speedway,  and  on  Dorchester  Day  May- 
or Curley  won  with  him  in  i  104  1-2.  In 
his  intercity  matinee  racing.  Jack  Bingen 
defeated  the  best  trotters  of  the  Old  Colony 
Club,  viz.,  Katherine  R.,  Higgins,  Kaldar  and 
Catherine  C.  In  the  interclub  meet  agamst 
Fellsvi'ay,  on  May  30,  he  also  won,  and  m  the 
interclub  meet  over  the  Charles  River  Speed- 
way against  the  Mets,  he  got  third  place.  This 
record  was  a  very  commendable  one.  Mr. 
Crosby  resides  at  33  Boulevard  Terrace,  All- 
ston,  Mass. 


J.  W.  McENANY 

J.  W.  McEnany  was  born  in  Burlington, 
Vt.,  in  1851,  and  attended  the  schools  at 
Pittsford,  Yt.,  and  Middlebury,  Vt.  He  came 
to  Boston  in  1868  and,  when  but  seventeen 
years  of  age,  started  in  the  butter  and  egg 
business  for  himself  in  what  was  then  Union 
Market.  In  1883  he  started  in  the  trucking 
business,  which  he  has  conducted  since,  and 
is  now  located  at  15  Fulton  Street,  Boston. 
He  is  the  owner  of  some  of  the  finest  horses 
owned  in  the  trucking  business  in  Boston,  his 
two  and  four-horse  teams  having  taken  many 
blue  ribbons  in  the  annual  work-horse 
parade,  held  on  May  30th  each  year,  once  in 
particular  winning  a  gold  medal  with  his 
four-horse  team. 

Mr.  McEnany  joined  the  Dorchester 
Driving  Club  in  1902,  and  has  been  on  sev- 
eral of  the  important  committees.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Boston  Lodge  of  Elks,  and 
of  the  Vermont  Association.  While  he  has 
owned  several  fast  driving  horses,  his  favorite 
was  the  mare.  Dimple,  with  which  he  stood 
ready  to  meet  any  of  the  fastest  horses  in  the 
club  in  a  friendly  brush  down  the  speedway. 
Mr.  IMcEnanv  resides  at  80  Edson  Street, 
Dorchester,  Mass. 

GEORGE   A.    LAW 

George  A.  Law  was  born  in  Bolton,  Mass., 
in  1855.  He  attended  the  Medford  schools, 
his  parents  having  moved  there  when  he  was 
a  mere  lad.  His  first  work  in  Boston  was  in 
1870,  for  the  American  Bank  and  Note  Co. 
In  1872  he  started  in  business  for  himself, 
running  a  fish  market  in  Arlington.  At  pres- 
ent he  is  in  the  hack,  boarding  and  livery  busi- 
ness in  Arlington,  having  been  in  the  same 
stable  which  he  opened  in  1888.  In  1906  he 
joined  the  Metropolitan  Driving  Club,  and 
was  one  of  the  charter  members  of  the  Fells- 
way  Driving  Club.  He  also  belongs  to  the 
Royal  Arcanum,  Arlington  Business  Men's 
Association  and  the  Arlington  Sportsman's 
Club.  Mr.  Law  was  vice-president  of  the  Met- 
ropolitan Driving  Club  in  1914,  and  during  his 
connection  with  the  Fellsway  has  been  on 
several  committees,  board  of  directors,  third 
vice-president,  and  for  three  years  held  the 
office  of  president. 

He  has  always  owned  a  fast  trotter  or 
pacer,  being  partial,  however,  in  driving  a 
speedy  wiggler.  Among  those  he  has  raced 
in  the  matinees  can  be  called  to  mind  Mabel 
C,  Minor  S.,  matinee  record  2:17  1-4;  Fells- 
way  Boy.  2:28  1-4;  Ida  G.,  2:26  1-2;  May 
Bingen,  Fanny  M.,  2:241-4;  and  Rose  Mar- 
tin, matinee  record  2  :2i  1-4. 

Mr.  Law  was  first  elected  president  of  the 
Fellsway   Club  in    191 1,   and   it  was  only  by 


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the  very  hardest  work,  combined  with  shrewd- 
ness and  frugahty,  that  he  managed  to  bring 
the  club  to  the  point  where  it  has  paid  off  all 
indebtedness  and  has  a  balance  in  the  treas- 
ury. Unlike  any  other  of  the  driving  clubs  of 
Greater  Boston,  the  Fellsway  never  had  a 
free  race  course,  but  has  been  obliged  to  pay 
thousands  of  dollars  for  its  privileges  and 
has  given  large  cash  prizes,  and  with  all  this 
has  always  met  its  obligations  promptly,  a 
record  of  which  President  Law  is  proud. 

Mr.  Law  gives  a  lot  of  credit  for  the  suc- 
cess of  the  Fellsway  Club  to  the  able  as- 
sistance of  C.  E.  Twombly,  secretary  and 
treasurer  of  the  Fellsway,  in  conducting  the 
affairs  of  the  organization,  not  by  any  means 
feeling  that  he  should  expect  all  the  praise  for 
himself  in  its  success.  For  four  years,  to  the 
close  of  1914,  Mr.  Law  filled  the  position 
of  starting  judge  at  Combination  Park,  and  in 
some  of  the  important  matinees  he  has  kept 
busy,  before  calling  the  first  race,  taking 
tickets  or  selling  them  at  the  gate.  This  all 
goes  to  show  the  zeal  that  he  had  in  the  wel- 
fare of  the  organization.  Mr.  Law  resides  in 
Arlington,  Mass. 


FRANK    E.    MORRISON 

Frank  E.  Morrison  was  born  in  Somer- 
ville,  Mass.,  in  1877,  and  was  graduated  from 
the  schools  of  that  city.  When  a  young  man 
he  went  to  work  for  his  father  in  the  pro- 
vision business,  and  started  in  the  same  line 
for  himself  in  1896  in  Somerville,  v/here  he 
is  still  located.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers 
of  the  Fellsway  Driving  Club,  and  worked 
hard  to  bring  the  organization  into  a  foremost 
place  with  the  other  driving  clubs  of  Greater 
Boston.  He  was  secretary  for  four  years.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows  and  the 
Arlington  Boat  Club. 

While  in  matinee  racing  he  owned  and 
drove  Billy  M.,  2:29  1-4;  Charmion,  2:27  1-4, 
yet  his  greatest  sport  was  with  the  trim  little 
mare,  Decima  Deane,  2:14  1-4.  She  was  a 
winning  factor  in  the  races  at  Combination 
Park  for  several  seasons,  and  gained  credit 
for  herself  in  the  interclub  meets.  Being  one 
of  the  family,  she  is  assured  of  a  home  so 
long  as  she  lives.  Mr.  Morrison  resides  at  23 
Brook  Street,  Somerville,  Mass. 


C.   M.   LOCKWOOD 

"  C.  M.  LocKwooD  has  been  closely  identi- 
fied with  race  horses  e\er  since  his  youth. 
He  became  a  member  of  the  Metrorolitan 
Driving  Club  in  1905,  and  of  the  Fellsway  in 
1908,  thus  being  one  of  'he  first  members  in 
each   of   the   clubs.      In  the   latter  organiza- 


tion he  has  filled  the  position  of  chairman  of 
the  speedway  and  racing  committee. 

Mr.  Lockwood  was  in  the  employ  of  E.  L 
Franklin,  at  Attleboro,  Mass.,  for  twelve 
years,  and  while  with  him  raced  and  gave 
records  to  Rosie  B.,  ^-.i"];  Leida  Wood, 
2:29;  Rebate,  2:321-4,  and  others.  He  af- 
terwards campaigned  Likewise,  2:17  3-4; 
Imogene,  2:231-4;  Tom  L.,  2:15;  Evolute, 
2:101-2;  Louise  E.,  2:113-4;  Olivia 
Bellini,  2:201-2,  etc.  He  was  at  W.  H. 
Moody's  farm  in  Claremont,  N.  H.,  in  1899, 
where  he  developed  the  mare,  Evolute,  driv- 
ing her  a  mile  in  2:07  1-2,  and  was  associat- 
ed with  George  H.  Hicks  for  three  years 
previous  to  entering  the  employ  of  Mr. 
Moody.  He  is  now  located  at  Combination 
Park,  Medford,  Mass.,  running  a  public 
training  stable,  which  he  opened  there  in 
1900,.  For  the  last  three  years  he  has  leased 
Combination  Park  and  sub-leased  it  to  the 
Fellsway  Driving  Qub  for  use  on  Saturdays 
and  holidays.  Mr.  Lockwood  resides  in 
Medford,  Mass. 


ORIN   E.   LINSCOTT 

Orin  E.  Linscott  was  born  in  Porter,  Me., 
in  1875.  He  attended  the  local  grammar  and 
high  school,  and  then  was  graduated  from 
the  New  Hampton  Business  College.  In 
1895  he  came  to  Boston  and  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  F.  L.  Hazelton  &  Co.,  as  book- 
keeper. The  following-  year  he  started  in 
business  for  himself,  opening  a  retail  grocery 
store  in  Boston.  He  is  now  superintendent 
of  the  Metropolitan  Life  Insurance  Co. 

Mr.  Linscott  was  one  of  the  early  members 
of  the  Fellsway  Driving  Club,  and  joined  the 
Dorchester  Driving  Club  in  191 1.  He  is  also 
a  Knight  of  Pythias,  I.  O.  O.  F.  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Dudley  Club  of  Roxbury.  His 
sport  on  the  speedway  and  at  Combination 
Park  has  been  with  Alice  F.,  Edwin  R., 
2  -.T^i  1-2 ;  Laura  L.  and  Lady  Belle,  the  win- 
ner of  second  heat  prize,  season  1914,  of 
Fellsway  Club.  Mr.  Linscott  resides  at  455 
Columbus  Avenue,  Boston. 


HUGH    J.    MORRISON 

Hugh  J.  Morrison  was  born  in  Charles- 
town,  Mass.,  in  1863,  and  was  an  attendant 
of  the  Harvard  and  Frothingham  grammar 
schools.  His  first  work  was  in  Fox's  Bakery 
in  1880-1893,  the  latter  year  starting  in  the 
lunch  business  for  himself  in  Boston,  where  he 
is  still  located.  He  became  a  member  of  the 
Metropolitan  Driving  Club  the  year  that  it 
was  organized,  and  owned  many  of  the  fastest 
horses  in  the  matinees,  among  which  can  be 
called  to  mind  Pat  L.,  2:16  1-2;  Mary  M., 
2:21    1-4,    trotting,    2:20  3-4,    pacing;    Puss 


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Parker,  2:20  1-4;  Lurd  Abbott,  .\lar\-  Lliff, 
the  promising  young  stallion,  (iun  Metal, 
2:16  1-4,  the  fast  hlly,  Mary  Metal,  George 
M.,  and  three  fast  fillies  by  Gun  Metal. 
Mr.  Morrison  lias  raced  a  professional  stable, 
outside  of  his  matinee  string,  for  a  number 
of  years,  in  charge  of  the  capable  trainer, 
J.  J.  "Whitey"  Crowley.  There  is  no  man 
that  enjoys  the  sport  any  better  than  Mr. 
Morrison,  and,  no  matter  what  comes  his 
way,  victory  or  defeat,  he  takes  it  with  the 
same  degree  of  fortitude.  Mr.  Morrison 
resides  at  13  Grant  Street,  Somerville, 
Mass. 

COL.    A.    C.    DRINKWATER 

Col.  a.  C.  Drinkwater  was  born  in  Tops- 
ham.  Me.,  in  1844,  and  received  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  and  Edward  Lattle 
Institute.  He  was  brought  up  in  the  leather 
iDusiness,  and  started  in  business  for  himself 
in  1869,  in  Braintree,  Mass.,  where  he  is  still 
located. 

Co'onel  Drinkwater  was  first  president  of 
the   Old    Colony   Driving   Club.     He   recog- 
nized in  the  organization  of  such  an  associa- 
tion the  benefit  it  would  be  to  the  owners  of 
horses  on  the  South  Shore,  in  having  them 
interested  in  securing  the  best  horses  and  in 
keeping  them  in  the  best  of  condition.    Thus 
it  was   that  the  maxim  of  the  club  was  to 
improve  the  breed  of  horses  used  bv  gentle- 
men, and,  following  that  plan,  one  of  the  first 
rules  adopted  after  Colonel  Drinkwater  was 
made  president,  was  that  hoppled  horses  be 
barred  from  participating  in  the  matinees  of 
the  club  at  the  South  Weymouth  track.    This 
theory    of    the    Old    Colony    Club    has    been 
stronglv  adhered  to  since,  and  is  counted  to 
have,  in  no  small  way,  been  the  cause  of  its 
continuous  success,  which  is  growing  larger 
and  of  more  importance  in  the  amateur  field 
While    a    breeder    on    a    small    scale,    yet 
Colonel     Drinkwater     has     made     his     name 
known  the  country  over  by  the  fast  trotters 
and  pacers  he   has  bred.     Among  the  most 
noted  was   Cochato  (t,),  2:11   1-2"  winner  of 
the   classic   Charter   Oak   Futurity,   and   now 
fast  becoming  a  sire  of  renown.     The  Bosun, 
2:05  3-4,  too,  was  bred  by  the  Colonel;  Cello! 
2:17    1-2,  was  another;   Mazie   Sidney,   trial, 
2:13    1-4,    lie    purchased    when    she    was    a 
suckling    filly,    and    she    became    prominent 
afterwards  in  the  matinee  circles  of  Greater 
Boston. 

In  1914  Colonel  Drinkwater  pointed  with 
pride  to  the  performance  of  the  pacer,  Squan- 
tum,  2  :C9  1-2,  which  he  bred.  Although  only 
a  three-year-old,  yet  this  youngster,  was 
timed  in  2  :02  1-2  when  he  finished'  second  to 
Anna   Bradford   in  2:01    1-2.     The   untimely 


death  of  .S(|uantuin,  the  hall  of  1914,  at 
Phoenix,  Arizona,  was  regretted  by  his  ad- 
mirers, who  felt  that,  in  his  campaign  of  19T5, 
great  credit  \yould  be  given  to  Massachusetts 
]jy  the  victories  of  this  prominent  youngster. 
A  peculiar  circumstance  in  the  training  of 
Squantum  by  Millard  Drinkwater,  at  Read- 
ville  track  in  1913,  was  that  he  showed  every 
inclination  of  being  a  fast  trotter  up  to  the 
time  he  was  developed  to  going  a  mile  in 
•2:24.  Scjuantum  then  suddenly  changed, 
when  at  speed,  to  pacing,  and  soon  proved  to 
his  trainer  that  that  was  his  natural  gait,  he 
.soon  after  working  a  mile  in  2:18. 

While  Colonel  Drinkwater  was  a  small 
breeder,  yet  he  was  very  particular  in  the 
selection  of  the  mare  and  stallion  for  mating, 
he  never  breeding  a  mare  unless  she  was  of 
a  highly  nervous  temperament,  while  the 
stalHon  must  be  "all  horse,"  but  level- 
headed— not  rattle-brained.  By  following 
this  plan  he  ascribes  his  success  in  breeding 
trotters.  Colonel  Drinkwater  resides  at  Brain 
tree,  Mass. 


HARRY   C.   THAYER 

Harry  C.  Thayer  was  born  in  South 
Braintree,  Mass.,  in  1873.  He  joined  the 
Dorchester  Driving  Club  in  1906,  and  was 
one  of  the  five  that  instituted  the  Old  Colony 
Driving  Club,  which  was  organized  in  1908. 
Mr.  Thayer  has  held  the  position  of  president 
and  vice-president  of  the  Old  Colony  Driving 
Club,  having  been  very  prominent  in  its  af- 
fairs. 

In  the  matinees  at  the  South  Weymouth 
track,  Mr.  Thayer  has  raced  the  fastest  trot- 
ters that  have  represented  the  club  in  Altro 
I^.,  2:09  3-4;  Katherine  R.,  2:11  3-4;  Miss 
Lake  and  The  Mermaid.  Altro  L.  started  in 
the  first  matinee  given  by  the  Old  Colony 
Club,  in  1908,  and  is  the  only  horse  of  that 
period  now  racing  in  the  matinees  of  the  club, 
in  the  Fall  of  19 14.  In  the  initial  matinee, 
Altro  L.  placed  the  trotting  record  of  the 
track  at  i  :io  1-2,  and  the  present  mark  of 
I  :oy  was  made  by  him  in  the  Fall  of  the 
same  year.  In  1913  Mr.  Thayer  purchased 
the  trotting  mare,  Katherine  R.  She  won 
many  races  for  him  that  Summer,  showing 
her  superiority  over  the  other  trotters,  and, 
on  August  16,  equaled  the  record  of  i  :07  of 
the  track  in  a  race  against  Van  Dyke.  Mr. 
Thayer  resides  in  South  Braintree,  his  native 
town. 


MATTHEW    C.   SPROUL 

Matthew  C.  Sproul  was  born  in  Abington, 
Mass.,  in  1875,  and  was  graduated  from  the 
local  schools.  His  first  work  in  Boston  was 
for  George  F.   Blake  Manufacturing  Co.,  in 


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1893,  which  situation  he  has  since  held.  He 
joined  the  Old  Colony  Driving  Club  in  1910, 
and  has  filled  the  position  of  secretary  and 
treasurer,  and  chairman  of  the  racing  com- 
mittee. He  takes  delight  in  saying  that  he 
owns  no  horse  and  belongs  to  no  secret  so- 
ciety, but  still  he  is  a  horseman,  delighting  in 
getting  out  in  the  open  air  and  watching  his 
friends  battle  for  the  blue  ribbons  and  cups 
in  the  matinees.  He  has  been  a  valuable  aid 
in  the  prosperity  of  the  Old  Colony  Club,  be- 
ing an  earnest  worker  and  watching  all  the 
small  details  that  are  constantly  arising.  Mr. 
Sproul  resides  at  333  Columbia  St.,  South 
Weymouth,  Mass. 


S.   B.   TOTMAN 

S.  B.  ToTMAN  was  born  in  East  Wey- 
mouth, Mass.,  in  1868,  and,  after  attending 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  was 
graduated  from  Bryant  &  Stratton's  Com- 
mercial College  of  Boston.  When  sixteen 
years  of  age  he  began  working  for  himself 
in  East  Weymouth,  and  has  since  run  a 
bakery  and  been  interested  in  other  busi- 
ness affairs.  At  present  he  is  in  real  estate, 
mortgages  and  trading.  He  was  a  charter 
member  of  the  Old  Colony  Driving  Club,  of 
which  he  served  on  the  board  of  directors, 
and  is  a  member  of  the  Metropolitan  Driving 
Club. 

Mr.  Totman  has  for  years  been  identified 
with  fast  trotters  and  pacers.  Thirty  years 
ago  his  stable  was  winning  money  on  the 
leading  half-mile  tracks  of  New  England, 
and  when  matinee  sport  came  he  'imme- 
diately was  an  enthusiast.  Among  the 
ones  he  has  raced  in  the  matinees  are : 
Kaldar,  2:171-4,  winner  of  third  money  in 
the  big  trotting  handicap  at  Readville  in 
1909;  Betsey  Bump,  2:21  1-4,  constant  win- 
ner of  road  brushes  in  her  day;  Gipsey  M., 
2:13  1-2;  Harry  Newton,  Rhodi,  2:22  1-2; 
Ruth  M.,  King  Bogash,  2:201-4,  etc. 

Mr.  Totman  has  proved  a  worthy  sire  in 
having  a  son,  Joseph  W.,  following  in  his 
own  footsteps.  In  the  matinees  at  South 
Weymouth,  Kaldar  was  driven  in  his  races 
by  J.  W.  Totman,  and  a  very  clever  reins- 
man  he  proved  to  be.  Mr.  Totman  and  his 
son  reside  at  East  Weymouth,  Mass. 


RECTOR    DAMON    STETSON 

Rector  Damon  Stetson  was  born  in  Han- 
over, Mass.,  in  1884,  and  was  graduated  from 
the  schools  of  his  native  town.  His  first  work 
in  Boston  was  shipping  clerk  for  Damon  & 
Ellis,  manufacturers  of  slippers,  88  High 
Street,  Boston,  in  1902.  He  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  when  it  was  incorporated,  in 
1905.      He   joined   the    Old    Colony   Driving 


Club  when  it  was  organized,  and  has  held 
several  offices,  including  that  of  vice-presi- 
dent, and  so  popular  has  he  been  with  the 
members  of  the  club,  and  a  conscientious 
worker  in  its  interests,  that  he  is  strongly 
mentioned   for   the   position   of  president   in 

1915- 

In  the  matinees  he  has  raced  the  fast  pac- 
ing mare,  Trixie  S.,  2:14  1-2;  Santa  Belle, 
2:23,  etc.,  and  owns  what  is  considered  by 
good  judges  the  best  pair  of  trotters,  to  pole, 
on  the  South  Shore,  these  being  Fancy  P., 
trial  of  2  :22,  and  Charm  P.,  with  a  record  of 
2:10.  Mr.  Stetson  resides  at  Hanover  Center, 
Mass. 


GEORGE  HENRY  WILLIAMSON 

George  Henry  Williamson  was  born  in 
South  Marshfield,  Mass.,  in  1845,  and  was 
graduated  from  the  public  schools  of  that 
town.  He  started  in  business  for  himself  in 
1867  at  South  Abington.  Later  he  rem.oved 
to  his  present  location  in  Whitman,  Mass., 
where  he  is  engaged  in  horseshoeing  and 
blacksmithing.  He  is  one  of  the  most  en- 
thusiastic members  of  the  Old  Colony 
Driving  Club,  and  also  a  member  of  the 
Masons  and  other  fraternal  orders.  Among 
the  horses  that  he  has  owned  and  driven  in 
the  matinees  are  Boxer,  George  W.,  etc. 
Mr.  Williamson  resides  in  North  Abington, 
Mass. 


GEORGE   A.    COWDREY 

George  A.  Cowdrey  was  born  in  Stone- 
ham,  Mass.,  in  1875,  and  was  graduated  from 
the  Wakefield  public  schools,  Bryant  & 
Stratton  Commercial  College,  and  Phillips 
Academy,  Andover.  He  entered  business  in 
Boston  in  1895,  as  partner  in  the  firm  of 
Chas.  J.  Beebe  &  Co.,  shoe  findings.  He  is 
now  treasurer  and  one  of  the  firm  of  Smith  & 
Cowdrey  Co.,  dealers  in  pickled  sheepskins, 
97  High  Street,  Boston. 

He  was  one  of  the  instigators  and  assisted 
in  the  organization  of  the  Ouannapowitt 
Driving  Club,  and  was  elected  the  first 
treasurer  of  the  club.  The  following  year  he 
filled  the  position  of  vice-president,  which 
position  he  held  during  the  season  of  1909. 
In  the  latter  year  George  A.  Shackford  was 
given  the  honor  of  president,  but  it  so 
occurred  that  two  weeks  after  taking  the 
chair,  business  called  him  to  another  state, 
thus  making  it  imperative  that  Mr.  Cowdrey, 
as  vice-president,  take  the  position  of  pre- 
siding officer  for  the  remainder  of  the  term. 
In  19T0  he  was  elected  president.  Mr. 
Cowdrey  was  a  very  energetic  man  in  the  in- 
terests of  the  club,  which  flourished  im- 
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Quannapowitt  Club,  Mr.  Cowdrt-y  belongs  to 
the  iMasons. 

In  the  matinees  at  the  Reading-Wakefield 
track  and  interclub  meets,  Mr.  Cowdrey  was 
a  very  prominent  factor.  He  always  had  in 
his  stable  trotters  and  pacers  with  speed  to 
go  out  and  make  trouble  in  whatever  class  he 
elected  to  start  them.  The  driving  club  trot- 
ting record  of  the  track,  i  :o6  1-2,  was  made 
by  one  of  his  trotters,  Crown  Prince,  2:17  1-4, 
while  the  pacing  record  of  i  :05  was  made  by 
Ginger  B.,  2:18  1-4,  a  mare  he  owned  before 
this  performance  was  made.  Other  trotters 
that  he  raced  with  success  were  Frank  R. 
Wilkes,  Hampshire  Boy,  Evergreen,  and  the 
good  colt,  Parkeno ;  while  in  the  pacing  divi- 
sion, outside  of  Ginger  B.,  he  owned  Baron 
B.,  2:15  1-4;  Belle  Sherwood,  Belle  Park, 
2:23  1-4,  and  Betty.  Mr.  Cowdrey  resides  in 
Wakefield.  ]\fass. 


HENRY   W.   WEYMOUTH 

Henry  W.  Weymouth  was  born  in  Brattle- 
boro,  Vt.,  in  1870,  and  attended  the  local 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  of  Walpole, 
N.  H.  His  first  work  was  for  B.  E.  Webster, 
owner  of  the  Meeting  House  Hill  Farm, 
Walpole,  N.  H.  This  was  in  1887.  He  soon 
after  entered  the  employ  of  the  Fitchburg 
Railroad,  where  he  remained  for  ten  years. 
In  1899  he  bought  a  farm  in  Walpole,  N.  H.. 
where  he  remained  until  191 1,  when  he  pur- 
chased his  present  farming  property  in  North 
Reading,   Mass. 

Mr.  Weymouth  joined  the  Quannapowitt 
Driving  Club  in  191 1  and  filled  the  office  of 
secretary  in  the  years  1912-13-14.  He  was  a 
most  efficient  man  for  the  position,  having 
from  a  young  man  been  strongly  interested 
in  the  light  harness  horse  and  a  fine  bred  dog. 

In  the  matinees  of  the  Quannapowitt  Club 
at  the  Reading- Wakefield  track,  Mr.  Wey- 
mouth raced  the  well-known  pacer,  Tom 
Smelzey,  2:18  1-2,  who  in  professional  racing- 
was  famous  throughout  the  West  for  the 
split-heat  races  he  captured.  Tom  Smelzey 
was  twenty-eight  years  old  when  Mr.  Wey- 
mouth matineed  him  in  191 1.  That  year  he 
won  five  races,  three  seconds,  and  one  third 
in  his  nine  starts.  The  following  year  he 
started  eight  times  and  was  first  five  times, 
second  twice,  and  third  once.  He  was  always 
a  fighter  to  the  finish  of  the  race,  winning  his 
heats  in  around  1:15.  In  the  Spring  of  1914, 
when  thirty-two  years  of  age,  Tom  Smelzey 
was  put  away  by  Mr.  Weymouth,  and,  up 
to  the  day  of  his  death,  he  was  as  fat,  slick, 
and  sound  as  any  colt. 

Another  owned  and  raced  by  Mr.  Wey- 
mouth in  the  Quannapowitt  matinees  was 
the  mare  Helen  L.,  by  Dare  Devil,  2  109.  He 


started  her  three  times  in  1912,  and  in  1913 
she  faced  the  starting  judge  in  no  less  than 
thirteen  races  and,  as  the  result  of  her  work, 
secured  the  cup  for  winning  more  races  than 
any  other  horse  in  the  club.  She  has  been  a 
trial  over  the  Reading- Wakefield  half-mile 
track  in  2:28  1-2,  has  won  heats  in  her  mati- 
nee races  in  1:15,  and  was  second  in  i  :io  1-2. 
Mr.  Weymouth  resides  at  North  Reading, 
Mass. 


W.  H.  NICHOLS 

W.  H.  Nichols  was  one  of  the  charter  mem- 
bers of  the  Quannapowitt  Driving  Club.  He 
has  for  a  number  of  years  been  in  the  em- 
ploy of  Beyer  Bros.'  Commission  Co.,  at  47- 
48  South  Market  Street,  Boston.  Mr. 
Nichols  has  been  strongly  identified  with 
matinee  sport,  always  owning  a  good  trotter, 
among  these  being  Joe  Thomas,  by  Tarratine, 
which  started  in  the  first  matinee  of  the 
Quannapowitt  Driving  Club ;  Perseverance, 
2:241-4;  Gold  Band,  Jr.,  Country  Boy, 
2:201-4,  and  Hector  K..  2:291-4,  by 
Seumanee,  son  of  Bingen,  2  :o6  1-4,  dam,  Irish 
Queen,  by  Edgemark,  2:16;  second  dam, 
Carrie  T,.  2:261-4,  by  Dom  Pedro.  Carrie 
T.  was  the  old-time  sleighing  champion  of 
Boston.  Mr.  Nichols  resides  in  Reading, 
Mass. 


EBEN  B.  PHILLIPS 

Eben  B.  Phillips  was  born  in  Swampscott, 
Mass.,  and  attended  the  schools  of  his  native 
town.  He  was  one  of  the  first  members  of 
the  Lynn  Club,  and  filled  the  position  of  sec- 
ond vice-president  for  four  terms,  first  vice- 
president  in  1912,  and  became  president  by 
the  election  of  1913.  He  is  also  a  member 
of  the  Metropolitan  Club,  which  he  joined  in 
1908. 

In  the  matinees  of  the  Lynn  Club  Mr. 
Phillips  has  been  very  strong,  his  horses 
having  been  among  the  very  fastest  that  took 
the  word  in  the  events  decided  season  after 
season.  This  was  particularly  so  in  the  big 
interclub  meets,  held  in  the  years  of  1909  and 
1910,  when  Reliance,  2:11  1-4,  set  a  new 
record  for  the  Reading-Wakefield  track  of 
I  :o3  1-2,  and,  in  the  meet  at  Combination 
Park,  lowered  the  record  of  the  track  to 
1:01  1-2.  There  was  Croesus,  2:191-2,  too, 
which  Mr.  Phillips  raced  in  the  matinees  for 
two  consecutive  seasons  without  meeting  a 
single  defeat.  Among  the  others  he  has 
raced  can  be  called  to  mind,  Al  Ray,  2:13  1-4 ; 
Jimmy  B.,  2:111-4;  Clayola,  2:211-4; 
Gloria  Rex,  2:231-4;  Laristina,  2:131-4; 
James  W.,  2:09  1-4,  which  Lester  Dore  cam- 
paigned extensively  for  Mr.  Phillips  in  1914; 
Add  F.,  2:09  1-2,  that  paced  the  third  heat  at 


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Haverhill  track  in  i  :oi  1-4,  etc.    Mr.  Phillips 
resides  in  Danvers,  Mass. 


HENRY   H.   FULLAM 

Henri"  H.  Fullam  was  born  in  Bucksport, 
Maine,  in  1863,  and  received  his  education  in 
Bangor.    His  first  work  was  in  Lynn,  in  1882, 
for  the  firm  of   S.  White  &  Co.,   dealers  of 
tents,   awnings,    etc.     He   started   in   business 
for  himself  in  1889,  locating,  as  at  present,  at 
93  Oxford  St.,  Lynn,  in  manufacturing  tents 
and  awnings.    He  was  a  charter  member  of 
the   Gentlemen's  Driving   Club  of   Lynn,  and 
has  been  on  the  board  of  directors.    He  is  a 
member  of  the  Red  Men,  and  belongs  to  sev- 
eral other  orders.    Among  the  horses  he  has 
owned   can   be   called   to   mind  Awning   Boy, 
Flossie     W.,    2:16    1-4;    Jack     the     Ripper, 
2:27   1-2;   Little  Dick,   2:24   1-2,   and   News- 
boy, 2 :20   1-4.    He  has  been  very  successful 
in   his  matinee  racing,  and  gets  keen   enjoy- 
ment   in    the    driving    and    handling    of    his 
horses.     Mr.  Fullam  resides  at  38  Wentworth 
Place,  Lynn,  Mass. 


were  kept  one  season  at  the  model  Thorn- 
dale  Farm,  Andover,  Mass.  Mr.  Gray  re- 
sides in  Haverhill,  Mass. 


HERBERT    GRAY 

Herbert  Gr-\y  was  born  in  York,  Me., 
in  1850,  and  attended  the  schools  of  North 
Berwick,  Me.  When  twenty  years  old  he 
opened  a  livery  stable  in  North  Berwick,  but 
soon  sold  it  and  in  1872  came  to  Boston  to 
nm  the  Merrimac  House.  He  is  now  en- 
gaged in  the  real  estate  business  in  Haver- 
hill, Mass.  He  belongs  to  the  Haverhill 
Lodge  of  Elks. 

Mr.  Gray  was  manager  of  the  Thomas  W. 
Lawson  racing  stable  from  1900  to  1904,  dur- 
ing which  time  he  purchased  over  $400,000 
worth  of  trotters  for  the  great  copper  mag- 
nate. This  included  several  stallions  and 
brood  mares,  which  were  used  in  stocking 
the  famous  Dreamwold  Farm,  in  Scituate, 
Mass.,  which  has  since  become  celebrated 
for  its  beauty. 

Among  the  trotters  which  Mr.  Gray 
bought  for  the  Dreamwold  racing  stable 
were  Boralma,  2:07;  Mamie  W.  (3),  2  :  17  1-4; 
Dreamer  (3),  2:14  1-4;  Oxford  Boy  (2),  2:20; 
Glory,  2:11  1-2;  Sagwa,  2:13  1-4,  etc.  Un- 
der Mr.  Gray's  management  of  four  years 
the  Dreamwold  stable  won  every  big  stake 
in  the  Grand  Circuit,  excepting  the  M.  &  M. 
Boralma  won  the  three-year-old  Kentucky 
Futurity,  and  the  Transylvania,  being  one 
of  the  few  horses  to  have  the  honor  of  tak- 
ing both  events.  Oxford  Boy  headed  the 
summary  of  the  two-year-old  Kentucky 
Futurity.  Georgena,  2:07  1-2,  also  under  his 
management,  won  the  classic  Charter  Oak 
stake.  Previous  to  Dreamwold  being  in 
readiness   for   the  wintering  of  horses,   they 


HOLLIS   P.   GALLUP 

HoLLis  P.   Gallup  was  born  in  Boston  in 
1 86 1,   where  he  received  his  early  education. 
At  the  age  of  eleven  years  he  entered  the  em- 
ploy of    Isburgh  &  Rowland,  East  St.,   Bos- 
ton, dealers  in  horses  and  carriages  and  hold- 
ing weekly  auction  sales.    When  eighteen  years 
old  he  began  driving  on  the  street  cars  for 
the  West  End  Railroad,  and  started  in  busi- 
ness  for  himself   in   1883,  with  a  milk  route 
and  stable,  his  stable  being  in  Dorchester  and 
farm  in  Milton,  Mass.       He  is  at  present  lo- 
cated   at    22    Barnes  St.,  Dorchester,    where 
he   has   been    for    twenty-three    years    in    the 
stable   business,    selling,   buying,    boarding   of 
horses,  and  contracting.     Mr.  Gallup  was  one 
of   the    three    that   organized   the   Dorchester 
Gentlemen's   Driving   Club   in    1899,   and   has 
served  the  club  on  the  board  of  directors  and 
racing    committee.      He    also   belongs    to    the 
Odd  Fellows. 

Mr.  Gallup  has  two  distinctions  that  will 
likely  never  be  beaten.  One  is  that  in  the  en- 
tire existence  of  the  Dorchester  Club  he  has 
missed  only  one  of  its  weekly  meetings,  and 
that  through  sickness,  and  the  other  is  in  get- 
ting 266  new  members  for  the  club  in  three 
years,  211  of  them  during  President  Newbert's 
administration. 

He  has  raced  ever  since  the  club  was  or- 
ganized, never  missing  a  season  from  the  mat- 
inees, and  in  all  that  time  he  has  not  relused  a 
match,  and  always  raced  his  horses  where 
they  were  placed  by  the  racing  committee. 

Among  the  numerous  horses  that  Mr.  Gal- 
lup has  owned  and  driven  can  be  brought  to 
mind,  Ashmont,  that  was  his  first  trotter,  and 
which  he  still  owns  though  he  is  now  over 
twenty  years  of  age  ;  Celia,  which  he  bought  at 
auction  for  $100,  and  without  a  day's  han- 
dling she  stepped  a  quarter  at  Readville  in  32 
seconds.  After  being  used  by  Mr.  Gallup  for 
several  years,  she  was  sold  again  under  Mie 
hammer  and  brought  very  near  her  original 
price. 

Bob  Fitz,  2:17  1-4,  was  another  of  the 
old  reliables,  as  were  Rubsley  G.,  2:16  1-2: 
Oueenie,  trial,  2:201-4;  Axtelloid,  2:151-4; 
Judge  Green,  2:09,  that  held  the  world's  rec- 
ord for  a  four-year-old  gelding  in  1903 ;  Cris- 
pin, with  the  speed  capacity  of  quarters  in 
30  seconds ;  and  Matt  M. 

Earl  King,  bred  by  the  railroad  magnate, 
E.  H.  Harriman,  and  sired  by  Stamboul,  2:11, 
dam  Gipsey  Earl,  by  The  Earl,  was  very  fast 
as  a  three-year-old,  when  he  was  trained  by 


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Billy  Andrews,  and  while  owned  by  Mr.  Gal- 
lup raced  against  and  defeated  more  hoppled 
pacers  than  any  other  trotter  ever  owned  in 
Boston.  In  his  races  he  was  frequently  timed 
quarters  in  29  1-2  seconds.  After  passing 
from  Mr.  Gallup's  hands  to  parties  in  Maine 
he  was  started,  in  February,  1914,  over  the  ice 
at  Winthrop,  Maine,  in  the  free-for-all,  win- 
ning an  eight-heat  race,  the  time  being  the 
fastest  in  the  world  for  eight  heats  at  a  quar- 
ter of  a   mile.     The   fourth   heat   Earl   King 


ton  with  his  office  in  the  market  district.  He 
joined  the  Dorchester  Driving  Club  in  1905. 
fie  was  on  the  board  of  directors  thre-e  years 
and  has  served  on  various  other  committees. 
He  also  iDclongs  to  the  Masons,  Odd  l<"el- 
lows,  Knights  of  Pythias,  Ancient  Order  of 
United  Workmen,  and  the  Market  Men's 
Relief  Association. 

Mr.  Wheelock  has  always  been  prominent 
on  the  Franklin  Field  Speedway.  Among 
the  horses  he  has  raced  are :  Charley  King, 


CHARLEY  KING,  2:14  1-4 
The  Winner  of  Over  One  Hundred  Races  Shown  Pacing  a  Fast  Heat  for  His  Owner, 
A.  T.  Wheelock,  at  Franklin  Field  Speedway 


captured  in  31  seconds,  which  equaled  the 
state  of  Maine  record  for  trotters  over  the 
ice. 

Then  there  was  Hollis  Bingen,  which  Mr. 
Gallup  bred,  developed,  and  raced ;  Gallup's 
Todd,  and  Silence,  2:21  3-4,  which  as  a  three- 
year-old  was  second  in  the  big  futurity  at 
Hartford  in  2:12  1-2.  Mr.  Gallup  resides  in 
Dorchester,  Mass. 

ADNA  T.  WHEELOCK 

Adna  T,  Wheelock  was  born  in  St.  Johns- 
bury,  Vt.,  in  1858,  and  was  graduated  from 
the  Tinkerville  School,  layman,  N.  H.  His 
first  work  in  Boston  was  in  1878,  for  Cook 
&  Handy,  in  driving  a  watering  cart.  In 
1880  he  started  in  the  milk  business  and, 
later,  went  into  the  trucking  business  in  Bos- 


2:14  1-4;  Sunny  Jim,  2:2,2  1-4;  Willema, 
2:26;  Prince  Albert,  2:241-4,  etc.  He 
bought  Charley  King  when  he  was  a  five- 
year-old  and  for  nine  consecutive  seasons  he 
was  one  of  the  top-notchers  of  the  speedway 
and  in  interclub  meets.  When  raced  profes- 
sionally he  earned  hisi  record  of  2:141-4, 
and  was  at  the  top  of  the  summary,  or  a 
factor  in  the  events  in  which  he  took  part. 
Charley  I-Cing  has  won  over  100  blue  rib- 
bons. There  is  probably  no  other  horse  in 
New  England  better  known  to  the  matinee 
followers  than  this  gelding. 

Mr.  Wheelock  frequently  asserts  that  he 
is  ready  to  buy  another  that  could  duplicate 
Charley  King,  and  that  he  looks  back  to  the 
years  in  which  he  raced  the  gelding  and  the 
whole    lot   of   fun    he   had   with    him.        Mr. 


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Wheelock  resides  at  351   Dorchester  Street, 
South   Boston,  Mass. 


MICHAEL  McDERMOTT 
Michael  McDermott  was  born  in  Ireland, 
in  1853,  and  attended  the  schools  of  Dublin. 
He  started  in  the  plastering  business  for 
himself  in  New  York  in  18S8,  and  removed 
his  business  to  Boston  in  1894.  He  is  now 
retired  from  business.  He  joined  the  Dor- 
chester Driving  Club  in  1907,  and  served  on 
the  board  of  directors  for  three  years.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  the  Old  Colony  Driving 
Club,  and  of  the  Boston  Lodge  of  Elks. 

Mr.  McDermott  always  owned  good 
horses  and  for  that  reason  he  took  much  en- 
joyment in  belonging  to  the  driving  clubs. 
While  frequently  requested  to  be  a  candidate 
for  president  of  the  Dorchester  Club,  yet  he 
declined,  saying  that  he  was  no  ofifice  seeker, 
but  a  diligent  worker  in  other  directions  for 
the  prosperity  of  the  organization.  Among 
the  horses  matineed  by  Mr.  McDermott 
were  Krispen,  Klondyke,  2:12  1-4;  Camillo, 
2:20  1-4;  and  Mary  Mc.  With  the  last  named 
he  was  always  ready  to  meet  any  trotter  the 
racing  committee  of  either  the  Dorchester  or 
Old  Colony  Clubs  elected  he  should  start 
against.  She  is  a  trim,  clean-going  mare  that 
attracted  a  lot  of  attention.  Mr.  McDermott 
resides  at  27  Charles  Street,  Dorchester, 
Mass. 


FRED   S.  ELDREDGE 

Fred  S.  Ei.dredge  was  born  in  South  Har- 
wich, Mass.,  in  1863,  and  was  a  graduate  of 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town.  He 
went  to  work  in  Boston,  in  1881,  for  the 
grocery  firm  of  C.  D.  Swain  &  Co.,  2364 
Washington  St.  Three  years  later  he  opened 
a  grocery  for  himself  at  191  Hampden  St., 
Roxbury,  and  is  at  present  in  the  trucking 
business  at  122  Purchase  St.  Mr.  Eldredge  is 
a  charter  member  of  the  Dorchester  Driving 
Club,  and  joined  the  Old  Colony  Driving  Club 
in  1910.  He  also  belongs  to  the  United  Work- 
men. Mr.  Eldredge  has  been  active  on  the 
racing  committee  of  the  Dorchester  Club,  and 
has  served  on  the  board  of  directors. 

The  matinee  racing  over  the  Franklin  Field 
Speedway  would  seem  sadly  out  of  joint  were 
not  Mr.  Eldredge  seen  there  racing  days, 
driving  his  own  and  the  fast  ones  belonging 
to  other  members  of  the  Dorchester  Club.  He 
is  one  of  the  cleverest  of  reinsmen,  having 
brought  many  of  his  horses  to  victory.  It  is 
a  saying  among  the  club  members  that  if  they 
have  a  particularly  hard  race  it  is  a  good 
plan  to  secure  Mr.  Eldredge  to  do  the  engi- 
neering in  the  sulky. 

In  some  of  the  memorable  races  that  have 


made  the  speedway  historical,  in  which  were 
horses  that  Mr.  Eldredge  drove,  can  be  read- 
ily brought  to  mind  B.  S.  Dillon,  2:14  1-4; 
Directumwood,  2:20  1-4;  Checkers,  2:18  1-2, 
and  Sister  Patch.  In  going  through  the  list  of 
the  club,  in  fact,  it  might  seem  that  Mr.  El- 
dredge has  driven  all  of  the  fast  ones.  When 
Sister  Patch  made  the  pacing  record  of  the 
speedway,  by  pacing  in  i  :oo,  and  then  com- 
ing back  in  i  :oi  1-4,  it  was  none  other  than 
the  subject  of  our  sketch  who  was  seated  in 
the  sulky. 

Other  horses  he  has  driven  and  marked  are 
Authentic,  2:16  1-4;  Lizzie  Simms,  2:18; 
Princess  Ebilo,  2:20  1-4;  Martindale,  2:19  1-4; 
Grace  G.,  2:05  1-4;  Charley  King,  2:14  1-4, 
and  Gallagher,  2  103  1-2,  which  he  campaigned 
in  Vermont,  Maine  and  Massachusetts,  and 
never  lost  a  race. 

Mr.  Eldredge  owned  Joe  King,  which  he 
matineed  in  the  events  of  the  Old  Colony  and 
Dorchester  Clubs  up  to  the  Fall  series  of 
191-).  In  October  of  that  season  he  pur- 
chased the  trotter.  Baron  Patch,  2:18  3-4,  the 
gelding  so  well  known  to  the  regulars  at  the 
Franklin  Field  Speedway.  Mr.  Eldredge  re- 
sides at  8  Angell  St.,  Dorchester,  Mass. 


JAMES  I.   BROOKS 

James  I.  Brooks  was  born  in  Corinth,  Vt., 
in  1875,  and  received  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town.  His  first 
work  in  Boston  was  in  1897  for  the  New 
England  Reference  and  Bond  Association. 
He  started  in  business  for  himself  in  1902, 
buying  and  selling  horses  in  Somerville,  and 
as  superintendent  of  the  delivery  and  equip- 
ment department  of  the  Fox  Bakery,  in 
Charlestown. 

Mr.  Brooks  was  one  of  the  organizers  of 
the  Fellsway  Driving  Club,  and  filled  the  po- 
sition of  president  in  the  years  1908,  1909  and 
191 1.  During  these  first  years  of  the  club 
Mr.  Brooks  left  no  stone  unturned  in  better- 
ing the  condition  of  the  organization,  both  in 
securing  members  and  financially. 

In  matinee  racing  Mr.  Brooks  was  an 
enthusiast.  He  owned  a  number  of  the 
racing  stars  of  the  Fellsway  Club  that 
were  prominent,  too,  in  the  interclub  meets. 
Among  those  he  raced  were :  Muchado, 
2:131-4;  Sir  George,  2:18  3-4;  Axtelloid, 
2:15  1-4;  Ginger  B.,  2:18  1-4;  Young  Chimes, 
2:111-2;  Harry  Brino,  2:171-2;  Wavelite, 
2:241-4;  Canterbury  Girl,  2:201-4;  Ned 
Wilkes,  2:09  1-4,  etc.  Mr.  Brooks  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  fraternal  order  of  Masons ;  belongs 
to  the  Somerville  Republican  Club,  Ward  4, 
and  the  Somerville  Fourth  of  July  Associa- 
tion. He  resides  at  30  Sewell  Street,  Somer- 
ville,  Mass. 


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GEORGE  N.  COYLE 

George  N.  Coyle  was  born  in  Charlestown, 
Mass.,  in  1881,  and  attended  the  l)unl<ei-  Hill 
Grammar  School,  Boston  College,  and  the  Bos- 
ton Latin  School.  His  first  work  was  for  the 
Charlestown  Gas  Co.,  and  soon  after,  in  1901, 
he  started  in  business  for  himself,  opening  a 
coal,  wood  and  coke  yard  in  Charlestown. 
He  is  at  present  in  the  same  business  at  5 
Broadway,  Somerville. 

He  is  a  charter  member  of  the  Fellsway 
Driving  Club,  and  has  served  on  the  board  of 
directors.  Other  orders  of  which  he  is  a 
member  are  the  K.  of  C,  F.  M.,  C.  O.  F., 
C.  L.  W.  of  Charlestown,  T.  A.  and  L. 
Society,  and  the  Arlington  Boat  Club 
Among  the  horses  that  Mr.  Coyle  has  owned 
were  Tom  Drew,  2  -.2;^  1-2 ;  Wild  Fern,  trial 
2:18  1-2;  Billy  Mack,  2:27  1-4;  Ella  Hal, 
trotting,  2:19  1-4,  pacing,  2:15  1-2,  etc.  Mr. 
Coyle  resides  at  66  Pearl  Street,  Sonierville, 
Mass. 

E.    R.    WHITMAN 

E.  R.  Whitman,  one  of  the  early  members 
of  the  Fellsway  Driving  Club,  was  born  in 
Bethel,  Maine.  He  started  in  business  for 
himself,  in  1855,  at  10  and  12  Dorrance  St., 
Charlestown,  Mass.,  where  he  is  still  located, 
his  line  being  store  fixtures.  He  is  a  very  suc- 
cessful business  man  and  has  but  one  fad,  the 
enjoyment  of  a  good  horse.  Fie  has  been  very 
prominent  in  the  matinees  at  Combination 
Park,  and,  in  the  last  few  years,  has  raced 
considerable  over  the  New  England  tracks. 
Among  the  best  horses  that  he  has  cam- 
paigned, both  in  an  amateur  and  professional 
way,  were  Joe  K.,  2:15  1-4;  Pat  I.,  2:16  1-2; 
and  Dorsey  W.,  2  :2^  1-4.  Mr.  Whitman  re- 
sides in  Medford,  Mass. 


in  Greater  Boston  during  the  last  nine  years. 
Doctor  is  Mr.  Twombly's  old  standljy.  No 
one  has  had  more  fun  with  a  horse  than  has 
Mr.  Twombly  with  Doctor.  His  record  for 
a  half-mile  is  i  ■.oy  1-2,  made  at  the  Charles 
River  Speedway,  and  his  winning  heats  at 
Combination  Park  were  in  i  :io  to  i  :i2.  Fie 
won  the  point  prize  for  trotters  in  the  Fells- 
way Club  the  last  four  years.  Mr.  Twombly 
also  owns  Manila  Boy,  2:18  1-2,  winner  of 
the  point  prize  for  pacers  in  the  Fellsway 
Club  for  1914,  and  formerly  owned  Maud  M., 
2:15  1-2,  another  matinee  performer  of  merit. 
Mr.  Twombly  resides  at  Medford,  Mass. 


C.  E.  TWOMBLY 

C.  E.  Twombly  was  born  in  Milton,  N.  H., 
in  1869,  and  attended  the  schools  of  Dover, 
N.  H.  His  first  work  in  Boston  was  with 
Samuel  Ward  Co.,  stationers,  in  1884,  filling 
the  position  of  salesman.  In  1894  he  started 
in  the  stationery  and  printing  business  for 
himself,  and  for  twenty  years  was  located  at 
32  Hawley  Street,  Boston.  He  is  at  present 
in  the  same  business  at  139  North  Street, 
Boston. 

Mr.  Twombly  was  one  of  the  charter  mem- 
bers of  the  Fellsway  Driving  Club,  and  has 
held  the  position  of  secretary  for  the  past 
three  years.  He  joined  the  JNIetropolitan 
Driving  Club  in  1910.  He  has  been  prom- 
inent in  the  matinees  at  Combination  Park, 
and,  in  Doctor,  he  owns  the  matinee  trotter 
that  has  won  as  many  ribbons  as  any  trotter 


BRADFORD   R.   COBB 

Bradford  R.  Cobb  was  born  in  Westbrook, 
Me.,  in  1840,  and  attended  the  schools  of 
that  town.  His  first  work  in  Boston  was  for 
John  Harwood,  who  run  a  boarding  and 
hacking  stable  in  Fort  Hill.  This  was  in 
1854.  In  1881  he  opened  a  boarding  and 
hacking  stable  in  Arlington  Street,  Chelsea, 
where  he  remained  until  1888,  and  then  re- 
moved to  615  Broadway,  of  the  same  city. 
He  was  one  of  the  early  members  of  the 
Fellsway  Driving  Club  and  joined  the  Metro- 
politan Driving  Club  in  1909.  He  also  be- 
longs to  the  Masons,  and  the  I.  O.  O.  F. 

Mr.  Cobb  is  one  of  the  oldest  road-drivers 
in  Greater  Boston,  and  for  forty  years  he 
owned  one  or  more  trotters  with  abundance 
of  speed.  His  first  trotter  was  Yankee  Boy, 
that  forty  years  ago  gained  a  reputation  for 
speed  on  the  old  Mill  Dam.  Then  he  had 
Silver  Street,  2  119  1-4 ;  Orange  Boy,  2  :i8  3-4 ; 
Alice  K.,  trial,  2:20;  Dexter  B.,  2:241-4; 
Bald  Chief,  and  Sandy,  that  could  pull  two 
men  a  mile  to  wagon  in  2  :35. 

In  his  boarding  and  hacking  stable  the 
patrons  were  the  leading  horse  owners  of  the 
vicinity.  At  times  the  number  of  driving 
horses  run  as  high  as  seventy.  When  the 
well  known  horseman,  Edwin  B.  Rice,  was 
on  the  turf,  he  wintered  his  horses  at  Mr. 
Cobb's  stable,  which  included  John  M., 
2:023-4;  The  Friend,  2:051-4;  Orianna, 
2:12  1-2;  L.  L.  D.,  2:09;  Sufreet,  2:06  1-4; 
Chief  Wilkie,  2:123-4;  Baron  March,  2:15; 
Eben  L,  2  :22,  etc.  Looking  over  the  list  of 
men  who  have  driven  their  trotters  down  the 
street  incline  fromi  Mr.  Cobb's  stable  are 
noted  the  following:  Alton  E.  Briggs,  M. 
Wmton,  Tom  Taylor,  Sam  Orr,  Dr.  Kim- 
ball, Peter  Thomas,  Jasper  Kelley,  Frank 
N.  West,  Walter  M.  Rogers,'  A.  S. 
Litchfield,  Joseph  Haskell,  J.  F.  Ran- 
dolph, Fred  Berry,  H.  G.  Stevens,  and  Will 
Woodbury.  Mr.  Cobb  resides  at  42  Crescent 
Avenue,  Chelsea,  Mass. 


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GEORGE  M.  DAVIS 

George  M.  Davis  was  born  in  Derry,  N. 
H.,  in  1845,  3-nd  received  his  education  in  the 
common  schools  of  his  native  town.  His  first 
work  in  the  vicinity  of  Boston  was  in  1868, 
filling  the  position  of  mason  for  Amos  B. 
Drowns,  Lynn,  Mass.  He  started  in  busi- 
ness for  himself  in  1889,  doing  contracting  of 
all  kinds  and  mason  work.  He  is  now  in  the 
same  business,  the  firm  name  being  G.  M 
Davis  &  Son,  15  Federal  Street,  Boston. 

Mr.  Davis  was  a  charter  member  of  the 
Somerville  Gentlemen's  Driving  Club,  which 
was  organized  in  1899,  and  of  which  he  was 
first  vice-president  for  two  years,  and  then 
president  for  two  more  years.  He  was  one 
of  the  organizers  of  the  Fellsway  Driving 
Club,  being  a  charter  member,  and  was  first 
vice-president  for  two  years,  and  is  now 
treasurer  for  four  years,  and  says  he  has 
hopes  of  the  office  for  a  fifth  term.  He  also 
belongs  to  Abraham  Lincoln  Post  No.  1 1 , 
G.  A.  R.,  of  which,  in  1907,  he  was  the  com- 
mander. 

Mr.  Davis  has  owned  many  fast  horses, 
and  was  prominent  both  on  the  speedwa}' 
and,  once  in  a  while,  taking  a  dash  for  the 
purses  hung  up  for  professional  races. 
Among  those  that  he  has  owned,  and  were 
raced  by  his  son,  George,  are  Chazy  Boy, 
2:13  1-2;  Betsy  Bugle,  2:15  1-4;  Argot  Lad, 
2:17  1-2;  John  S.,  2:20  1-4;  Angle  Wilkes, 
2:21  1-2;  Independence,  2:21  1-2;  Yellow 
Ash,  2:24  1-2;  Alvin  Swift,  2:10  3-4;  Auto- 
bon,  2 :27 ;  Charley  W.,  2 127 ;  Allen  Hale 
(trial  1914),  2:19.  Mr.  Davis  resides  at  20 
Arthur  Street,  Somerville,  Mass. 


JAMES    F.    YOUNG 

James  F.  Young  was  born  in  Millbury, 
Mass.,  in  1874,  and  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town.  Aside  from  his 
school  duties,  he  worked  in  the  Millbury  Cot- 
ton Mills,  and,  after  graduating  from  school, 
he  entered  the  employ  of  Washbourn  & 
Moen,  Worcester,  he  then  being  seventeen 
years  of  age.  Mr.  Young  is  now  the  secretary 
of  the  Quincy  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Co.,  of 
Ouincy,  Mass.  He  joined  the  Dorchester 
Driving  Club  in  1907,  the  Old  Colony  Driv- 
ing Club  in  1908,  and  the  Metropolitan  Driv- 
ing Club  in  1913.  He  has  held  all  the  impor- 
tant oflices  in  the  Old  Colony  Club  from  clerk 
to  filling  the  position  of  president.  He  also 
belongs  to  the  Royal  Lodge,  St.  Stephen's 
Chapter,  South  Shore  Commandery  of  Quin- 
cy, as  well  as  the  Aleppo  Temple  of  Mystic 
Shriners. 

Mr.  Y'oung  has  been  identified  with  the 
matinee  races  of  the  Old  Colony  Club  and  in 
interclub  meets   for  a  number  of  years,  and 


has  usually  owned  a  horse  more  than  capable 
of  holding  its  own.  Among  those  that  can  be 
mentioned  are  Kalanos,  2:18  3-4;  Nelsa  Ben- 
ton, by  Benton  M.,  2:10,  out  of  Bella  Nelson, 
trial  2:16  1-4,  by  Nelson,  2:09;  and  Miss 
A-'assar,  2:17  1-4.  With  the  last  named  he 
had  a  whole  lot  of  fun  in  the  year  19 14, 
racing  against  the  crack  pacers  of  the  Old 
Colony  at  South  Weymouth.  The  way  that 
she  marched  it  off  made  the  owners  of  other 
free-for-allers  feel  leery  of  her  any  time  she 
started.     Air.  Young  resides  in  Quincy,  Mass. 


HENRY  P.  MILLER 

Henry  P.  Miller  was  born  in  Quincy, 
Alass.,  in  1879,  and  attained  his  education  in 
the  grammar  schools  of  Quincy  and  the 
Quincy  High  School.  For  several  years  he 
assisted  his  father,  J.  L.  Miller,  later  Mayor  of 
Quincy,  in  the  monumental  business.  In  1906 
he  entered  the  type  metal  business,  and  has 
been  for  several  years  the  New  England  man- 
ager of  the  Pittsburgh  White  Metal  Co.,  whose 
head  ofiice  is  in  New  York  City.  Mr.  Miller 
joined  the  Old  Colony  Driving  Club  in  1908, 
and  served  on  the  racing  committee  the  seasons 
of  1910-11-12.  He  was  vice-president  in  1913, 
and  was  elected  president  in  1914.  He  also 
belongs  to  the  Royal  Lodge,  St.  Stephen's 
Chapter,  South  Shore  Commandery  of  Quin- 
cy, as  well  as  the  Aleppo  Temple  of  Mystic 
Shriners. 

While  Mr.  Miller  has  never  owned  a  horse 
with  a  fast  record,  yet  he  is  a  very  shrewd 
judge  of  the  speed  of  a  trotter  or  a  pacer.  It 
was  this  rare  faculty  that  made  him  so  suc- 
cessful in  the  performing  of  his  duties,  with 
justice  to  all,  when  on  the  racing  committee. 
In  the  duties  of  executive  officer  of  the  club, 
he  has  done  good  work,  promoting  several  of 
the  year's  interclub  meets,  and  at  all  times  has 
been  a  live  wire.  Mr.  Miller  resides  at  31 
Chestnut  St.,  Quincy,  Mass. 


FRED  H.  BELLOWS 

Fred  H.  Bellows  was  born  in  Norton, 
Mass.,  in  1873,  and  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Brockton,  Mass.,  his  parents  hav- 
ing removed  to  that  city  when  he  was  a  small 
lad.  He  started  in  business  for  himself  in 
Boston,  in  1895,  at  181  Tremont  St.,  opening 
a  suite  of  rooms  for  the  conducting  of  mer- 
chant tailoring,  and  at  which  place  he  is  still 
located.  He  joined  the  Dorchester  Driving 
Club  in  1901,  was  one  of  the  original  mem- 
bers of  the  Metropolitan  Club  when  organized 
in  1904,  and  became  a  member  of  the  Old 
Colony  Club  in  1912.  He  was  also  a  charter 
member  of  the  Brockton  Lodge  of  Elks,  and 
belongs  to  the  St.  John's  Lodge  of   Masons. 


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He  was  vice-president  of  the  Metropolitan 
Driving  Club  in  1914,  and  was  a  director  for 
two  terms  in  the  Dorchester  Club,  in  both 
years  of  which  he  received  the  highest  vote  of 
any  of  the  candidates  running  for  that  office. 

Mr.  Bellows  is  a  thorough,  dyed-in-the- 
wool  lover  of  horses  and  horse  racing.  He 
enjoys  matinee  racing  with  the  best  of  them, 
and,  too.  is  made  happy  if  he  has  one  with 
the  ability  to  go  out  and  try  for  the  cash  hung- 
up in  professional  racing. 

The  list  of  horses  that  he  has  owned  and 
driven  shows  quite  an    array    of    established 


Bett,  2:21   1-4;  Teddy  Bingen,  2:15   1-4;  and 
Lady  Klondyke,  2:29  1-2. 

In  1914  Mr.  Bellows  enjoyed  the-  matinee 
and  professional  races  with  the  four-year- 
old  pacing  gelding,  Chato,  2:15  1-4.  He 
purchased  this  gelding  when  he  was  com- 
ing three  years  old,  and  in  that  season  he 
gave  him  several  races  and  a  record  of 
2  :24  1-4.  While  he  was  campaigned  not  only 
over  the  local  tracks,  but  in  the  state  of 
Maine,  yet  he  won  all  of  his  starts  with  the 
exception  of  a  couple  of  them.  In  1914  he 
won  one  race    in    two    starts    with  Chato  at 


.A  ir-w 


THISTLE    (by  Nelson's  Wilkes) 

A  Hard  Pacer  to  Beat  to  Snow  in  the  Early  Days  of  the  Metropolitan  Club. 

Owned  and  Driven  by  William  J.  Lovell 


speed.  All  knowing  Mr.  Bellows  appreciate 
the  fact  that  his  prime  favorite  was  Helga- 
mite,  2:32  1-4.  This  very  handsome  mare  was 
well  called  "Queen  of  the  Speedway."  In 
her  matinee  career  she  gathered  in  upwards 
of  one  hundred  blue  ribbons,  likely  leading 
any  other  equine  in  that  respect. 

Then,  in  the  course  of  passing  seasons,  Mr. 
Bellows  would  get  a  likely  prospect,  or  one 
with  a  fast  record,  and  for  one  reason  or 
another  would  dispose  of  it  and  buy  another 
one.  The  ones  that  he  has  owned  and  can 
be  called  to  mind  follow:  Caffeeno,  2:07  1-4; 
Fieldmont,  2:13  1-4;  Ella  Carey,  2:23  1-4; 
Onward  March,  2:23  1-4;  Louise  D., 
2:20    1-2;    Lady    Spier,    2:24    1-2;    Ashland 


Marshfield,  two  races  at  Bridgewater,  and 
headed  the  summary  of  his  race  at  the  South 
Weymouth  Fair.  In  the  event  he  lost  at 
Marshfield  he  gained  his  record  of  2:15  1-4, 
and  was  only  defeated  by  that  very  fast  pacer, 
Ben  Locanda,  2:10  3-4. 

Mr.  Bellows  has  had  great  enjoyment  with 
Chato,  more  so,  probably,  because  he  has 
done  his  own  training  and  driving.  If  there 
is  one  thing  that  he  particularly  likes,  it  is 
getting  into  the  thick  of  the  battle  with  his 
own  horses. 

Mr.  Bellows  resides  in  Holbrook,  Mass., 
where  he  owns  a  commodious  residence,  with 
land  enough  almost  to  be  classed  in  the  list 
of  being  a  stock  farm. 


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HERBERT   A.   BRACKETT 

Herbert  A.  Brackett  was  born  in  Dedham, 
in  1872,  and  was  graduated  from  the  Maiden 
schools.  His  first  work  was  as  a  printers' 
devil  with  Geo.  B.  King  &  Co.,  in  1886.  He 
started  in  business  for  himself  in  1907,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Richardson  &  Brackett, 
dealers  in  paints  and  oils  at  12  Sudbury 
Street,  Boston.  He  is  still  in  the  same  line 
of  business,  with  a  location  at  7  Sudbury 
Street. 

Mr.  Brackett  was  one  of  the  original  mem- 
bers of  the  Quannapowitt  Driving  Club,  and 
joined    the    Metropolitan    Driving    Club    in 

1909.  He  is  also  the  race  secretary  of  the 
Quannapowitt  Agricultural  Society,  which 
position  he  held  for  four  years.  Mr.  Brackett 
was  elected  the  first  secretary  of  the  Quan- 
napowitt Driving  Club  and,  in  1909,  was 
made  treasurer,  which  office  he  held  through 

1910,  and  then,  in  191 1,  was  elected  vice- 
president  and,  in  1913,  he  was  rewarded  for 
his  diligent  efforts  in  behalf  of  the  club,  with 
the  presidency.  Mr.  Brackett  was  a  hustler, 
keeping  things  on  the  move  all  the  time  he 
was  in  office. 

In  the  matinees  he  was  prominent,  both 
over  the  Reading  track  and  in  the  interclub 
meets,  among  those  he  owned  being  Wasco, 
2:14  1-4;  Nellie  S.,  2:12  1-4;  Rexina, 
2:191-4;  Blue  Light,  2:20;  Pauline  Direct, 
and  the  two-year-old  Direct  Todd,  of  which 
much  is  expected.  Mr.  Brackett  belongs  to 
the  Red  Men,  and  the  U.  O.  G.  C.  He  re- 
sides in  Reading,  Mass. 


FRED  CHURCHILL 
Fred  Churchill  was  born  in  North  Paris, 
Me.,  in  1861,  and  attended  the  schools  at 
Stoneham,  Mass.  He  started  in  business  for 
himself  in  1891,  opening  a  livery  and  board- 
ing stable  in  Melrose,  Mass.,  where  he  is  still 
located.  He  joined  the  Quannapowitt  Driv- 
ing Club  in  1907,  and  has  served  on  the 
board  of  directors.  He  also  belongs  to  the 
Sons  of  Veterans  and  the  Melrose  Lodge  of 
Elks.  In  the  matinees  at  Reading  and  inter- 
club meets,  he  has  raced  Harry  M.,  Matty 
C.  and  Bessie  Wilkes,  etc.,  all  without  rec- 
ords, but  capable  of  racing  with  the  stars  in 
the  amateur  driving  club  events.  Mr. 
Churchill  resides  at  616  Main  Street,  Melrose, 
Mass. 

SAMUEL   G.   BROWN 

Samuel  G.  Brown  was  born  in  Lynn, 
Mass.,  in  i860,  and  was  graduated  from  the 
high  school  of  that  city.  His  first  work  was 
in  New  York  in  1879  ^or  hi?  father,  William 
Austin  Brown.  He  started  in  business  for 
himself    in    1891,    opening    a    boarding    and 


livery  stable  in  Lynn.  He  is  at  present  en- 
gaged in  the  stable  and  garage  equipment 
business  in  that  city. 

Mr.  Brown  was  one  of  the  very  first  to 
start  the  Gentlemen's  Driving  Club  of  Lynn, 
being  one  of  the  famous  Mission  boys.  He 
has  filled  every  position  in  the  club,  from 
clerk  and  press  representative,  up  to  presi- 
dent in  the  year  1914.  He  was  official  start- 
ing judge  at  the  matinee  and  interclub  meets 
for  several  seasons,  and  one  of  the  first  to 
secure  a  National  Trotting  Association 
license  to  start  horses.  In  the  $50,000  handi- 
cap at  Readville  track,  he  was  associate 
judge.  He  was  also  associate  judge  and 
announcer  with  the  starting  judge,  A.  H. 
Merrill,  at  Rochester,  N.  H.,  Hartford, 
Conn.,  Readville  and  other  parks  for  several 
seasons. 

Mr.  Brown  has  owned  many  horses  hav- 
ing speed,  among  the  fastest  being  Little 
Frank,  Kitty  C,  Judge  W.,  Fanny  D.,  etc. 
He  resides  at  10  Pearl  Street,  Lynn,  Mass. 


LEVI   S.  LORD 

Levi  S.  Lord  was  born  in  North  Beverly, 
Mass.,  in  1855,  and  attended  the  schools  of 
his  native  town  and  in  Beverly.  His  first 
work  was  for  George  Johnson,  grocer,  in 
North  Beverly,  in  1873,  ''"d  the  first  money 
he  earned  he  spent  for  a  horse.  He  started 
in  business  for  himself  in  1879,  owning  the 
barge  line  between  Wenham  and  Beverly. 
Later  he  began  the  training  of  horses  and 
opened  a  boarding  stable  in  Cherry  Street, 
Wenham,  where  he  is  still  located.  It  is 
said  that  he  does  more  in  clipping  horses 
than  any  man  east  of  Boston. 

Mr.  Ixird  became  a  member  of  the  Lynn 
Driving  Club  in  1906  and  also  belongs  to 
the  Odd  Fellows.  He  has  been  very  active 
in  the  matinee  racing,  his  trotting  gelding, 
General,  2:311-4,  being  familiar  to  horse- 
men of  Greater  Boston.  In  his  younger 
day.s  General  was  raced  under  the  name  of 
General  Lambert,  and  was  capable  of  turn- 
ing a   half-mile   track   in  2:15. 

In  the  years  that  Mr.  Lord  owned  Gen- 
eral he  was  never  started  in  a  professional 
race,  nor  driven  in  a  matinee  event  by  any- 
body except  himself.  In  four  seasons'  rac- 
ing with  the  Lynn  Club,  General  won  three 
championship  cups,  two  special  cups  and  the 
service  fee,  valued  at  $100,  of  Cochato  (3), 
2:11  1-2.  In  more  than  100  races  he  won 
but  two  yellow  ribbons,  the  others  being 
blues  and  reds.  Another  that  Mr.  Lord 
used   for   a    fun     horse   Vvas     Enoch    Arden, 

2  :24  T-2. 

One  great  pride  of  ]\Ir,  Lord  is  having 
been  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Hamilton 


Photo  from  Am.  Horse   Breeder 

CHARLES  SANDERS 
He  Paid  $2,500  for  Uhlan,  1:58,  and  Sold  the  World's  Champion  to  C.  K.  G.  Billings  for  $35,000 


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The   Driving   Clubs   of   Greater   Boston 


Driving-  Club,  wliich  was  instituted  in  1906, 
the  first  matinee  being  held  on  Labor  Day 
of  that  year.  It  is  the  one  club  that  owns 
its  speedway,  mid  ii  was  l;uilt  and  paid  for 
by  contribution  before  the  club  was  organ- 
ized and  chartered.  The  course  is  on  pri- 
vate ground,  all  but  300  yards  being  on 
the  property  of  Jonathan  Brown,  adjoining 
the  Myopia  Club.  It  was  constructed  by 
Charles  Guinn,  and  has  always  been  a  very 
fast  piece  of  racing  dirt,  as  shown  by  the 
time  made  in  the  matinees  held  each  Wed- 
nesday during  the  Summer  months. 

The  incorporators  of  the  Hamilton  Club 
were :  Lev"  S.  Lord,  L.  E.  Libby,  H.  S. 
Guinn,  W.  F.  Kinsman,  S.  C.  Gould,  N.  J- 
Conrad,  J.  E.  Dodge,  H.  H.  Dempsey,  C.  S. 
Guinn,  T.  J.  Broderick,  and  the  following 
were  the  first  list  of  officials :  Levi  S-  Lord, 
president :  W.  F".  Kinsman,  vice-president ; 
Lester  E.  Libby,  treasurer,  and  Hallett 
Guinn,  secretary.  The  officials  durmg  the 
year  of  1914  were-  William  E.  Townsend, 
]iresident ;  James  E.  Brady,  vice-president ; 
Lester  E.  Libby,  treasurer;  Raymond  Gould, 
secretary.  Mr.  Lord  resides  in  Wenham, 
Mass. 


J.  MARO  HARRIMAN 

J.  Maro  H.MtRiMAN  was  born  in  West  Leb- 
anon, Me.,  in  1859,  and  attended  the  Leba- 
non Academy,  and  a  preparatory  school.  His 
first  work  was  twenty-five  years  ago  in  a 
New  York  Hotel.  Later  he  worked  in  a 
drug  store  in  the  same  city.  After  a  short 
period  he  removed  to  Lynn,  Mass.,  starting 
in  business  for  himself  by  opening  a  pharmacy 
at  248  L'Uion  Street,  he  being  the  first 
pharmacist 'to  keep  open  all  night,  his  doors 
not  having  been  locked  in  ten  years.  He  also 
owns  the  pharmacy  at  81  Chatham  Street, 
Lynn. 

Mr.  Harriman  is  one  of  the  early  mem- 
bers of  the  Lynn  Club,  and  filled  the  posi- 
tion of  secretary-treasurer  during  the  years 
1913-14.  He  derives  great  pleasure  in  at- 
tending the  important  race  meetings  held  in 
New  England,  believing  it  the  right  way  to 
enjoy  one's  vacation.  Mr.  Harriman  resides 
in  Lynn,  Mass. 


M.    A.    NEVENS 

M.  A.  Nevens  became  prominent  in  the 
horse  world  in  1887,  when  he  was  super- 
intendent of  the  Highland  View  Farm,  Clare- 
mont,  N.  H.,  the  property  of  William  H. 
Moody.  In  the  ten  years  that  Mr.  Nevens 
was  at  Highland  View  he  had  in  his  charge 
an  average  of  one  hundred  horses,  these  in- 
cluding the  stallions,  brood  mares  and  young 
stock.       Here    he     raced    and    gave    X.    L., 


2:133-4,  his  record.  Poor  health  forced 
Mr.  Moody  to  dispose  of  his  horses,  and  Mr. 
Nevens  returned  to  Boston,  purchasing  an 
interest  in  the  Priest  stable  in  Northampton 
Street.  Later  he  bought  a  boarding  stable  in 
Worcester  Street,  Boston. 

While  connected  with  these  stables  Mr. 
Nevens  joined  the  Dorchester  and  Metropoli- 
tan Clubs  and  was  regular  in  attending  the 
matinees  of  both  organizations,  his  best  known 
performers  being  The  Private,  2  107  1-2,  and 
Max    G.,    2:12    1-4. 

In  1905  Mr.  Nevens  became  head  trainer 
at  The  Pastures,  Belfast,  Me.,  owned  by  Hor- 
ace Chenery,  and  while  there  he  developed  and 
drove  to  their  records,  Edgemark  Gift, 
2:241-4;  Orta,  2:163-4;  Junior  Ward, 
2:21  1-4;  Juannalita,  2:18;  Marcel,  2:24  1-4; 
Stella  Mack,  2:16  3-4,  etc. 

Mr.  Nevens,  with  the  closing  out  of  The 
Pastures,  entered  business  in  Brookline,  hav- 
ing charge  of  the  Jefferson  Bradbury  stable. 
In  1914  he  raced  at  the  Charles  River  Speed- 
way, with  others,  the  trotting  gelding.  Ward 
M.,  2:091-4,  for  Bert  W.  Gove.  Mr.  Nev- 
ens resides  at  56  Winchester  Street,  Brook- 
line,  Mass. 


CHARLES   SANDERS 

Charles  Sanders  is  known  in  the  trotting 
horse  world  through  his  ownership  of  the 
champion  trotting  gelding,  Uhlan,  i  :58,  which 
he  purchased  for  $2,500  from  Arthur  H. 
Parker  and  sold  to  C.  K.  G.  Billings  for  $35,- 
000,  the  complete  story  of  which  is  related  on 
pages  121-125,  inclusive,  in  this  volume. 

In  New  England  horse  circles,  though,  it 
did  not  require  that  Mr.  Sanders  own  a  Uhlan 
for  him  to  be  well  known,  for  he  had  been 
one  of  the  foremost  horsemen,  both  in  having 
record  trotters  and  pacers  for  his  own  road 
driving,  for  professional  racing,  and  later  for 
amateur  sport.  For  about  fifty-five  years  Mr. 
Sanders  has  been  identified  with  the  light  har- 
ness horse,  and  during  this  period  he  has 
never  sold  a  good  horse  he  owned,  but  they 
had  a  home  so  long  as  they  lived  and  were 
then  buried  on  the  farm,  some  twenty  record 
horses  having  been  buried  in  the  equine  cem- 
etery. It  was  only  that  he  knew  the  excellent 
home  Uhlan  would  have  with  Mr.  Billings 
that  he  parted  with  the  champion. 

Back  in  the  sixties  Mr.  Sanders  raced  the 
gelding.  Bluejacket,  and  won  a  number  of 
races,  though  his  speed  limit  was  about  2  :40, 
but  he  could  keep  at  that  gait  all  of  the  after- 
noon. A  ]3ole  team  which  made  a  name  for 
themselves  by  beating  all  they  met  on  the  road 
was  Little  Ethan,  2:19  1-4,  and  Don  C, 
2:17  1-4.  Little  Thorne,  2:23  1-4;  Minnie, 
2:29  1-4;  Rex,  2:28  1-2;  Grover  T.,  2:26  3-4; 
Enoch    Arden,    2:24    1-2;    Jewell,    2:24    3-4; 


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287 


Garrison,  Jr.,  and  Lady  Mae  were  among 
the  number  Mr.  Sanders  used  on  the  road,  and 
in  professional  racing,  in  the  days  of  the  higli- 
wheel  sulky. 

.  With  the  organization  of  the  Gentlemen's 
Driving  Club  of  Boston,  Mr.  Sanders  became 
one  of  the  early  members,  and  he  was  very 
■prominent  in  the  matinee  racing  at  Readville. 
He  was  also  one  of  the  first  to  join  the  Met- 
ropolitan Driving  Club. 

It  was  during  the  matinees  at  Readville  that 
Mr.  Sanders,  with  three  members  of  the  Bos- 
ton Club,  each  purchased  a  trotter  and  took 
turns  in  driving  them,  the  horse  and  its  driver 
being  determined  on  race  days  by  drawing  lots. 
Through  driving  each  of  the  horses  faster  than 
did  any  of  the  other  three  owners,  Mr.  San- 
ders demonstrated  his  skill  as  a  reinsman. 
Others  he  raced  in  the  matinees  were  Jesse 
H.,  2:11  1-4;  Silver  Glow,  2:12  3-4;  Pat  My 
Boy,  2:18  1-4,  and  Uhleen,  the  last  named  a 
full  sister  of  Uhlan.  Jesse  H.  was  raced  as  a 
pacer,  but  one  week  after  he  paced  in  2  :i  i  1-4, 
Mr.  Sanders  had  shifted  him  to  trotting  and 
drove  him  a  mile  in  2:19  1-2.  In  the  Fall  of 
1914  he  purchased  from  Benjamin  Pope  the 
promising  weanling  by  Cochato,  2:11  1-2, 
out  of  the  great  brood  mare.  Miss  Pratt, 
2:17  1-4.  Mr.  Sanders  resides  at  43  Chest- 
nut Street,  Salem.  Mass. 


USE   OF   ROAD   WAGON   AT 
MATINEES  DOOMED 

(By  G.  Pray  Smith) 

I  believe  that  the  season  of  191 5  will  wit- 
ness more  amateur  matinee  racing  in  this  coun- 
try than  ever  before,  although  for  a  number 
of  years  the  sport  has  been  gaining  in  favor  if 
not  by  quite  as  rapid  strides  as  of  late.  This 
increased  interest  in  matinee  racing  I  attrib- 
ute largely  to  the  fact  that  with  the  practically 
universal  use  of  the  automobile  pleasure  rid- 
ing on  the  principal  thoroughfares  has 
ceased  to  be  a  pleasure,  and  those  whose  love 
for  a  horse  will  never  die  have  turned,  in  con- 
sequence, to  the  speedways  for  their  enjoy- 
ment. 

Boston  has  always  been  a  center  of  matinee 
racing  and,  if  I  remember  rightly,  the  Dorches- 
ter Driving  Club  was  the  first  of  its  kind  to 
be  organized  in  this  country  for  the  purpose 
of  promoting  matinee  racing.  Locally  the  out- 
look i'S  of  the  best  for  all  of  the  numerous 
driving  clubs,  with  every  indication  that  there 
will  be  more  matinee  racing  and  more  horses 
participating  in  191 5  than  during  the  very 
highly  successful  season  just  closed.  The  or- 
ganization in  New  York  last  November  of  the 
American  Driving  Club  League  will,  I  believe. 


help  to  add  impetus  to  the  racing  game.  Prac- 
tically all  of  the  driving  clubs  are  to  become 
affiliated  with  the  league,  including -those  in 
Boston,  and  next  Fall  a  series  of  club  events, 
open  to  those  horses  of  members  of  any  of 
the  aifiliated  clubs  will  be  held  over  the  his- 
toric Goshen  track.  Boston  boasts  of  as  good 
a  collection  of  matinee  horses  as  any  city  in 
the  country,  and  I  believe  that  those  local 
road-drivers  who  enter  their  best  horses  for 
the  Goshen  meeting  will  demonstrate  to  the 
matinee  world  at  large  that  the  Hub  still 
stands  high  in  this  popular  pastime. 

Several  things  have  combined  to  place  mat- 
inee racing  where  it  is  today  and  to  make  the 
outlook  for  the  future  so  encouraging.  One  of 
these  is  the  co-operation  the  horsemen  have 
received  from  the  municipal  authorities.  This 
has  helped  matinee  racing,  not  only  in  Boston, 
but  throughout  the  continent.  Last  Summer 
I  attended  some  matinees  of  the  San  Francisco 
Driving  Club  held  upon  a  three-quarter-mile 
track,  built  by  the  city,  with  a  stadium  seating 
6,000,  also  built  by  the  city,  at  the  finish  of  the 
course.  In  New  York  the  city  fathers  have 
recognized  matinee  racing,  and  in  many  other 
places  I  might  mention  speedways  have  also 
been  built.  All  these  things  are,  of  course,  a 
positive  benefit  to  the  game. 

It  is  unnecessary  for  me  to  say  that  matinee 
racing  furnishes  diversion  to  a  class  of  gen- 
tlemen who  might,  otherwise,  keep  too  closely 
to  their  desks.  They  realize  that  fresh  air  and 
wholesome  sport  are  to  be  derived  from 
speeding  a  fast  trotter  or  pacer.  Also,  matinee 
racing  is  not  necessarily  limited  to  men  ot 
large  wealth,  although  it  does  cost  money  to 
maintain  a  large  matinee  stable.  But  many  a 
gentleman  buying  a  horse,  outclassed  for  rac- 
ing upon  the  tracks,  for  $300  or  $400  finds  his 
purchase  able  to  beat  horses  that  have  cost 
several  times  that  amount.  It  doesn't  always 
follow  that  the  highest-priced  horses  are  the 
best  in  the  matinees.  That,  of  course,  helps 
rather  than  hurts  the  game.  More  matinee 
horses  are  now  available  than  ever  before,  be- 
cause the  standard  of  racing  in  the  Grand  Cir- 
cuit is  constanth'  becoming  higher  and  the  out- 
classed trotter  has,  as  years  go  by,  less  and 
less  chance  to  pay  his  expenses  "down  the  big 
line." 

I  think  the  coming  season  will  see  virtually 
the  elimination  of  the  road  wagon  in  matinee 
racing.  More  and  more  drivers  are  coming  to 
realize  that  the  road  cart,  although  perhaps 
not  quite  so  elegant,  is  infinitely  safer  for 
speedway  work  than  the  road  wagon,  and 
where  matinees  are  held  upon  half-mile  tracks 
it  is  next  door  to  absolutely  dangerous  to 
attempt  to  use  the  delicately  balanced  road 
wagons. 


288                       The    Driving    Clubs  of    Greater    Boston 

$50,000    AMERICAN    TROTTING  HAD    ANIMAL    HOSPITAL    2,000 

DERBY  AT  READVILLE  YEARS  AGO 

IN    IVOo  One  must  go  to  the  Orient  and  look  back 

For    reference    is    given    the    summary  of  "''°''^  '^^"  ^'°°°  ^^^^^  *°  ^""^  *^  ^^^*  animal 
the  $50,000  American  Trotting  Derby,  which  hospital  known.     The  famous  Buddhist  Em- 
was  decided    at  the    Readville  track  on  Au-  peror    of    India,    Asoka,    whose    long    reign 
gust    25,    1908.      It   was    by   far   the   largest  from   264  to  227   B.   C.   abounded   in   many 
amount  of  money  ever  raced  for  in  the  his-  good    works,    was    probably,   the    earliest   to 
tory  of  the  turf.    One  futurity  of  the  running  establish    a    hospital    for    the    treatment    of 
turf    was    supposed    to     have  a    bigger    sum  animals.     Asoka  was  a  true  humanitarian  as 
pending    but.    when    the    forfeits    were    sub-  well    as    a    most    powerful    sovereio-n,    and 
tracted    from   the  gross   sum,   it  left  the   net  although     ruling    a    vast     domain,  "became 
cash    value    of    the    event    considerable    less  ^i^eply  impressed  by  the  horrors  of  warfare, 
then   the  $50,000  involved   in  the  American  xj                       1  •      1     •       r                     ^       j 
Trotting  Derbv.  ^         ^^P                         °'"   conquest  and 
'^            ' '  the  rock  inscriptions,  which  are  still  extant, 
Readville,    Mass.,    Aug.    25,    1908.— The    American  record   such   beneficent   edicts   of   his   as   the 
Trotting  Derby,  purse  $50,000.     A  handicap  dash,  counseling   of   planting   shade-trees,    the   dig- 
open  to  all  trotters ;  one  mile  and  one-quarter    (6,600  •            fu               r              ^      c 
feet)  to  about  one  mile  and  one-third  (7.100  feet);  S^S    oi   wells,    sending    out    of    missionaries, 
two  trial  heats;   eight  horses  to  qualify   in   each  appointment   of   special   officers    to   supervise 
for  final  heat;  $30,000  to  the  winner    $10,000  to  charities,    the    establishing    of    hospitals    for 
second,  $5,000  to  third,  $2,500  to  fourth,  $1,500  to  ,              i  •     1         i        •        1 
fifth,  $1,000  to  sixth.  humankind  and  animals. 

It  is  of  interest  to  know  that  the  last  re- 

iMrst  Trial  Heat  maining  of  Asoka's  hospitals  was  devoted  to 

Bervaldo,b.  g.,  by  The  Tramp  (Rhodes),  6,850  ft.    i  animals.      It    covered   twentv-five   acres,    and 

Jay  Kay.  br.  g.   (Brusie).  6.600  ft 2  i-    •  1    j  •    ^                             j          j            ^     r 

Teasel,  ch.  m    (Geers),  6,800  ft 3  ^^^^  divided  into  proper  wards  and  courts  for 

Composer,  b.  g.  (Lasell).  6,650  ft 4  the  accommodation  of  the  patients.     When 

Dewitt,  b.  g.   (McDowell),  6,900  ft 5  an  animal  was  sick  or  injured,  its  master  had 

Locust  Jack.  g.  g.   (McHenry),  6,900  ft 6  1     <.     1     ■         v  4.     ti      1          v  i        1 

Ralph  Wick,  b.  I.  (Dore),  6,650  ft 7  o"^y  ^  '^"ng  it  to  the  hospital,  where  it  was 

Daniel,  b.  g.  (Ernest),  6,850  ft 8  cared  for  without  regard  to  the  caste  of  its 

Time    2:463-4.  owner,  and  where,  if  necessary,  it  found  an 

Bononia,  Suzette,  Baron,  Kinstress,  Invader,  Budd,  acvlnm   in   nlH   ao-P 

Uhlan,  Genteel  H..  and  Margaret  O.  also  started.  as>  llim  in  old  a^e. 

Second  Trial  Heat 

Prince  C,  b.  h.,  by  Martyr   (McHenry),  6,750  ft.     i  ..-     orr.  4  t.     t»  ,t  »  rr.Ti«.TT-T^    c^rrM  m  t^ 

The  Huntsman,  b.  h.   (Hussey),  6,800  ft.. ......  .     2  ALL-STAR    MATINEE    STABLE 

Allen  Winter,  b.  h.   (McDonald),  6,850  ft 3 

Peter  Balta,  br.  g.   (Snow),  6,750  ft 4  C.     K.     G.     Billings    unquestionably    holds 

San  Francisco,  b.  h.  (Hodges),  6,800  ft 5  first  place  in  that  respect  for  his  list  of  fast 

DeTcoronado^'irr"'h.'  (^Dur f ee) ,'  6.900 ' ft. .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .'    7  performers  that  he  has  raced  in  the  matinees, 

Sweet  Marie,  b.  m.  (.A.ndrews).  7.100  ft b.  which     includes     such     trotters     as     Uhlan, 

Time— 2:52.  i-^g;   Lou  Dillon,    1:581-2;   Major  Delmar, 

Rebecca   G.,    Baron   Alcyone,    Betty   Brook^^  Van-  ^  ..g    ._,.    xhg    Monk,    2:05    3-4 1    Prince    of 

detta,    Beatrice    Bellini,    Gold    Burr,    Fred    C..    and  ^^^                    /-                 r       -u       ^T,.,       r-l.^^l»,r 

Wilkes  Heart  also  started.  Orange,    2:06    1-2 :    Lucille,    2:07,    Charley 

Mack,    2:07    1-4;    Fleming    Boy,    2:07    1-4; 

Final  Heat  Tempus    Fugit,    2:071-2;    Equity,    2:121-4; 

Allen  Winter,  b.  h.,  by  Ed  Winter   (McDonald),  Clarita  W.,  2:09  3-4;  Berta  Mac,  2:08:  Lou 

Pr^ifce°  C,  b'.  h.'  VMcHenVy),'  6;75o  "ft.  W:. '.  V.:.::    2  Billings,  2  :o8  3-4 ;  Delight,  2  :o9   1-4 ;  Alex- 

San  Francisco,  b.  h.  (Hodges),  6,800  ft 3  ander,     2:09     1-2,     and     Louise     Jefferson, 

Ralph  Wick,  b  g.  (Dore),  6,650  ft 4  2-09  3-4.     While  for  pacers  there  comes  to 

The  Huntsman,  b.  h.   (Hussey),  6,800  ft s  -1      7 -^^1         -n  ,       ,  „        r>i„„i.i 1, 

Peter  Balta,  br.g.  (Snow),  6,750  ft 6  i™"d     Little     Boy,      2  :oi      1-2;      Blacklock, 

Time— 2:46.  2  :o2    3-4;    Albert    S.,    2:03    3-4;    Morning 

Teasel,   Kim,  Composer,   Bervaldo,  Jay  Kay,   De-  Star,    2:04    I-4;    Mazette,    2:04    I-4;    Angus 

Witt,  Locust,  Jack  Daniel,  Del  Coronado,  and  Sweet  pointer     2-01     ■^-4-     Fred    S.    Wedgewood, 

Mane  also  started.  '        '  .,_,  .^  ^      _  .                               ^t 

2:05     1-4;     Prmce     Direct,     2:07;     Hontas 

Note.-Piirse  divided:  Allen  Winter  $30,000,  Prince  d-ooke,    2:07    1-2  ;    Home    Circle,    2:07    1-2, 

C.  $10,000,  San  Francisco  $5,000,  Ralph  Wick  $2,500,  ,    ^   f 

The  Huntsman  $1,500,  Peter  Balta  $i,aoo.  and   Greenline,   2:07  3-4. 


Contents 


Page 
A   Dead   Game   Sport    Ruins    a   Brilliant    Racing 

Prospect     165 

A  Reminder  of  the  Days  When  the  Pool  Box 
Told     the     Odds     (By     Everett     L.     "Percy" 

Smith)     153 

Alfred    King    (2),    2:28    1-4 246 

Allen  Farm,  The   212 

Allen,    Wm.    Russell    209,   212 

Alley,   Arthur  H 5S,   198 

>  All-Star  Matinee  Stable 288 

Amateur  Driver  in  His  First  Professional   Race 

— Trouble  A-plenty    163 

Amateur  Racing  Creates  Big  Demand  for  Our 
Outclassed    Trotters    (By    Harry    K.    Dever- 

eux)      181 

American   Trotting  Derby   for   $50,000 288 

Anaconda,  2:01  3-4    242 

Anderson,    1.    R. . 86 

Angus    Pointer    Well     Crowned     "King     of    All 

Pacers"     141 

Annie    M 259 

Argot    Lad,    2:17  1-2     72 

Austin,    Charles   E 193,   194 

Babbitt,  Dr.  F.  J 99 

Baron  Patch,  2:18  3-4    30 

Baroness    Tell    269 

Belledeu,  Charles  H 33,  139,  195,   196 

Bellows,  Fred  H 83,   282 

Benjamin,   2:26  1-4    86 

Bessie  Wilkes    94 

Betty   Fennell    265 

Big  Interclub   Meets    105 

Biggs,  David  M 259,   262 

Biggs,  J.  W 25h 

Billie   Taylor    229 

Billy    Wilkes,    2:18  1-2     108 

Biographies  and  Portraits  of  Driving  Club  Mem- 
bers and  Prominent  Horsemen  of  New  Eng- 
land   .189-287 

Either,    Edwin   D 147,   148 

Blanche   Wilkes    269 

Bonner,  Robert    184 

Border  W 93 

Boston   Blue   Was   First   Trotter    to   Beat   Three 

Minutes    (By   the  Veteran)    179 

Bowen,  J.  J.,  "Uncle  Jock"    134 

Brackett.  Herbert  A 91,   284 

Bradbury,   Jefferson    221,   230 

Brady,   Edward    93 

Brand,  Fred  J 12 

Bray,  Elmer  E 101 

Briggs,    Alden     269,   270 

Bronson,    2:12     57 

Brooks,  James  1 61,   280 

Brown,  Samuel  G 103,   284 

Budweiser,  2:18  1-4    28,    163 

Burke,  Frank  M.- 227,   228 

Burns,   John  H 257 

Burns,   Joseph  'W 251,   258 

Burress,  Henry  W 209,   214 

Campbell,    James    255,   260 

Carpenter,   Jimmie    129 

Cascade,    2:06  1-2     247 

Castle   Todd    55 

Cawley,  John  W 239,   243 

C.  E.   R.,   2:21  1-4    257 


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Cliadbourne,  Jolin  B 270,  272 

Charles,   O.   C 26,  252 

Charley    King,    2:14    1-4 113,279 

Chief  Wilkie,  2:12  3-4    53 

Chimes    Bell,    2:09  3-4    58 

Churchill,    Fred    94,  284 

Coakley,   John   W 223,  224 

Cobb,  Bradford  R 72,  281 

Codare     223 

Cogswell,   Edward   E 121 

Collins,  Royce  E 261,  264 

Combination    Park,    Medtord    60 

Cowdrey,  George  A 90,  276 

Cox,    Walter   R.,    "Long   Shot"    144 

Coyle,  George  N 70,  281 

Crosbj',    Riley    G 23,    29,    176,  272 

Curley,  Hon.   J.  M 2 

Curta,   2:13  1-4    36 

D'Arcy,   G.   W 15 

Davis,  A.  W 267 

Davis,  G.  D V2 

Davis,    George   M 72,  282 

Dean   Swift,    2:12  1-4    211 

Dehesia,  2:23  1-4    93 

Demarest,     2:06  1-4     54 

Dignity 231 

Dimple    30 

Directum    Regent,    2:09  1-4    54 

Doctor     Tl 

Don  Labor,  2:05  1-4    54 

Dorchester   Club,   History   of 5 

Members  at  Lynn  Interclub  Meet 98 

Prire  Winners,  1914   188 

Winner  of  Interclub  Meet   109 

Dot  and  Addie  Echo    251 

Drinkwater,  Col.  A.  C 76,  275 

Dunn,    John     F 255,  260 

Duntley,  Wilbur  L 152,  244 

Earl  King    27 

Early   Bird,    Jr.,    2:111-2    235 

Ecce  Volo,  2:29  1-4    55 

Eddy,  Jesse    56,243 

Edes,   E.   L 86 

B.  D.  M.,  2:14  1-4    IS"! 

Edith  Direct,   2:11  3-4    227 

Edith  R.,   2:18  1-4    84 

Edwards,    Justin    193,  194 

Eldredge,   Fred  S 30,  280 

Ellis,    John    W 199,  200 

Emerson,  William  H 203,  204 

Equine      Portrait     Painters      Who     Have     Won 

Fame    (By  Everett  L.   "Percy"   Smith)    150 

Ethel's   Pride,    2:06  3-4    l^ 8 

Facts    and    Anecdotes    of   Prominent    Events    of 

the    Turf    •• 119 

Famous  Road  Drivers  Whose  Horses  Were  Kept 

at   Sawyer's   Stable    142 

Fancy  P.  and  Charm  P ^5 

Fanny  M.,  2  :24  1-4    68 

Farmer,   Walter  B 217,  218 

Farnum,  Earl  W 237,  238 

Farnum,  John  H 217,  220 

Fellows,  Albert 265,  268 

Pellsway  Club,  History  of    59 

Lose    Interclub   Meet    to    Kenoza   Club 118 

Fennell,   John    265,270 


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Contents 


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First  Horse  Show  Was  Held  in  Springfield,  Mass.   188 

Fitzgerald,  Hon.   J.  P 18,   20 

Fitzg-erald,    James    E 213,   254 

Fitzgerald,   Peter   J 253,   271 

Forshner.    Knapp     239,   24i, 

Frank  Howe  Kids  Engrlishman 187 

Frantell    246 

Pullam,    Henry   H 104,   278 

Furbush,   A.   C 227,   228 

Furbush,    Almon    J 197,   200 

Furbush,  W.  J 106,  244 

Gallup,   Hollis  P 27,  278 

Garmon,  Fred  C 43,  203,   206 

General,   2:31  1-4    110 

George  M.,  2:14  1-4   26 

George  N 203 

Georg-e    W 86 

Gilman,    John   L 47,   236 

Glenard,  2:15  1-4    223 

Gloria    Wilkes    (matinee    record)    2:18  1-4 235 

Goodspeed,  Monroe 205,   210 

Gove.  Bert  W 197,  200 

Grace    B 259 

Graves,  George  A 57,  230 

Gray,    Herbert    267,   278 

Greenwood,  George  H 249,   258 

Griffin,    George    B 249,258 

Griffin,    Thomas   J 246,    247,   256 

Gushee.  A.   S 14 

Haddock.   Edgar  0 271 

Had  Animal  Hospital   2.000   Years   Ago    288 

Hall,  Frank  Gardner 235,   250 

Hall,  George  G.    ...234,   250 

Hall,  George   Robinson 235,   250 

Hamburg   Belle,    2:01  1-4.  . 124 

"Happy   Jack"   Trout   is  Mine   Host  to   Members 

of  Metropolitan   Club    146 

Harriman,    J.    Maro    104,   286 

Harris,   Ezra  S 271 

Plastings.  Sam  B 56,   243 

Healy,   Martin  J 267,   268 

He   Made   Two   Men   Speak    187 

Hector   K.,    2:29  1-4    94 

Hewitt,   Miss  Naomi    231 

Hicks,    George   H 222,   231 

High  Roller  and  High  Lady   233 

Hillanddale  Farm,   The    190,    191,   192 

Hollis    Bingen    27 

Holmes,    Daniel   H 217,   220 

Horses  Enjoy  Human  Companionship   156 

How  "Long  Shot"  Cox  Worked  from  Bush  Rings 

to  Star  Grand  Circuit  Driver   144 

How   the   Cliampions   Passed   the   Last    Years    of 

Their   Life    (By   Charles   T.    Harris) 166 

How  the   Fastest   Piece   of  Racing  Dirt   in   This 

Country   Was    Secured    161 

How     Major    Delmar     Won     the    Massachusetts 

Stake    (By    Charles    M.    Jewett) 157 

Incidents    in    Eventful   Career    of   Noted    Driver, 

Dan    Mace    (By    James    O'Neill) 172 

Inside   Facts   About   the   Charley   Herr-Cresceus 

Race  (By  Charles  M.  Jewett)    158 

Jack    Bingen,    2:22    1-4 29 

Jewett,    Charles    M 157 

Jewett,    John    H 237 

Jimmie  Carpenter  Sits  in  a  "Gentleman's"  Game 

of  Poker,  and  What  Happened    12  9 

John  Shepard  Tells  of  Racing  to  Sleigh   on  the 

Mill  Dam  and  Beacon  Street    177 

Johnson,   A.  M 19,    21,   272 

Johnson,   John  M 205,   208 

Judges     Help     Scott     Hudson     Recover     Trotter 

Stolen    from    His      Stable     (By    Charles    M. 

Jewett)     160 

Kaldar,  2:17  1-4    83 

Katherine    R.,    2:113-4    84 


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Keith,  Carey 271 

Kentucky    Star,    2:08  1-2     139 

King-,  A.  G 207 

La  Boudie,     2:10     54 

La  Croix,    William    97 

Ladies'  Auxiliary  of  Fellsway  Club 69 

Ladies'   Auxiliary  of   Metropolitan   Club 50 

Group   Picture   of 51 

Lady   Belle 71 

Lady  Hilton    207 

Lady  Madison,  2:20  1-4    253 

Law,   George   A 65,    68,  273 

Leavitt,    George   W 125,  126 

Leonard,  George  F 58,  232 

Lexington,  Mass.,  First  to  Have  a  Driving  Club  137 

Lina   Prue    (matinee    record),    2:18    1-4 231 

Linnehan,  J.  W 17,   2S 

Linscott,     Orin    E 71,  274 

Lister  W.    (3),   2:25  1-4    253 

Lockwood,   C.  M 70,  274 

Lottie  Fallis,  2  :20  1-4    58 

Lord,   Levi    S 110,  284 

Louise  E.,   2:10    3-4    203,  204 

Lovell,   George    219,  222 

Lovell,  W.  J 283 

Lynch,   James  F 257,  262 

Lyndhurst      272 

Lynn  Driving   Club,    History   of 95 

Mace,  Dan   173 

Mademoiselle 229 

MacDonald,    Calvin    253,  258 

Macleod,  John  N 193,  194 

Macomber,  J.  C 261 

Major   Delmar,    1:59  3-4    158 

Martha  G.,    1:00  3-4    199 

Mary  Ann  and  Foal   259 

Mary  B 259 

Mary  Mc 28 

Mayberry,  C.  C 56,  238 

McDermott,     Michael 28,  280 

McDonald,   W.   J 52,    53,   54,    55,  206 

McEnany,    J.    W 30,  273 

Mendell,    2:21 55 

Metropolitan  Clubhouse   37 

Metropolitan  Club,  History  of    31 

Stable     48 

Winner  of  Big  Interclub  Meet 113 

Metropolitan  vs.    Concord.   N.  H.,    Club  Meet....  107 

Miller,    Henry   P 81,  282 

Miss   Adbell,    2:06  1-4    32,   54 

Miss  De  Forest,  2:05  1-4    227 

Miss  Pratt,   2:17  1-4    229 

Miss   Zombro    199 

M'lle    Silver    207 

Molly  L.,  2:25  1-4    219 

Morrison,   Frank  E 70,  274 

Morrison,  Hugh  J 72,  274 

Morse,    Eugene    S 108,  248 

Murphy,  Miss  Mary    233 

Murphy,   M.    F 233,  252 

National   Trotting   Association    156 

Nelson,   A.   1 221,  224 

Nevens,  M.  A 108,  286 

Newbert,  A.   M 271 

Newbert,  ^V.  E 16 

Nichols,  W.  H 94,  277 

Norton,  George  W.    . 56,  243 

Noyes,   William   H 269,  270 

Nut  Boy,   2:07  1-4    26 

Nut  Boy  Fooled  the  Talent  When   He  Won   the 

Classic    Transylvania    Stake    140 

O'Connell,  Jos.   F 249 

O'Hearn.   P 26,  249 

O'Neil,  William    13'? 

Old  Colony  Club,   History  of '73 

Old-Time   Race  Tracks  in  Greater  Boston 131 


Contents 


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Orale,   2:17  1-2    55 

Pacer,,   in  Outlandisli   Uig',  Winner  of  Race    ....    186 

Paine,    Daniel    64 

Parker,    Artliur    H 120-125 

Parlin,  Simon  W 209,   214 

Pedrick,    Lincoln    269,   270 

Pete     Supposed     to    Have    a    Cinch,     But    Buck 

Dickerson  Won  tlie  Race  (By  J.  B.)    183 

Plioebon   W.,    2:083-4    106 

Phillips,  Eben.B 102,   277 

Picture  Hat    106 

Playdon,  Dr.  C.  H 92 

Pope,   Benjamin    228,   229 

Pope,  Mis.s  Margaret  Winslow    229 

Postman,   2:13  3-4    269 

Power,   Arthur  L 193,   194 

Power.   Edgar  P 213,   218 

Prize  Winning  Four-in-Hand 221 

Proctor,  Robert  C 122,   124,    125 

Quannapowitt  Club,   History   of        87 

Quilberta    (2),    2:29  3-4    155 

Quimby,   T.  Lee    138,   244 

Racing  Only   for   the   Pleasure   and    Sport    to  be 

Obtained 149 

Radical    Changes    in    Care    of    Race    Horses    in 

Past  Ten  Years    185 

Ralph    Bingen    251 

Ralph  Wick,   2:13  1-4    18,   21 

Ralston,  Hance  B 223,   224 

Reading-Wakefleld    Track    88 

Reay,  John  0 201,   202 

Reed,  George    .- 84 

Reed,  Josiah  B 84,   252 

Rex    265 

Rice,  Edwin  B 241,   254 

Richardson,    J,    Henry 215,   218 

Rob   B 108 

Robbins,  Frank  L 271 

Robert  Bonner  Made   it  Popular   for  Gentlemen 

to  Own  a  Trotter    184 

Rockdale  Park,  Peabody    96 

Rose    Bingen    213 

Royal    Charlie    233 

Russell,    Harry    J 106,   245 

Ruth  D.,  2  :06  1-4   32 

Sanborn,  L.  Fred 225,  226 

Sanders,  Charles    121,  285,   286 

Shannon,    Edwin    M 261,   266 

Sharpneck,  E.   L 239,   240 

Shepard,   John    177 

Shying  in  Horses  and  the  Best  Way  to  Remedy 

Fault    (By    Trainer) 180 

Sister  Patch,  2:26  1-4 29,   263 

Smith,  Ernest  C 207,  214 

Smith,  Mrs.   E.  C 207 

Smith,   Everett  L„   "Percy" 150,   245 

Smith,   G.   Pray    46,    198,   287 

South  Weymouth   Track    74 

Speedway,    Charles    River 32 

Speedway,    Franklin   Field    6 

Dedication    of    IS 


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Spencer,    C.    S 198 

Spim,    2:15  1-4    211 

Sproul,   Matthew   C .'....  83,   275 

Starratt,   Charles   N 269 

Steele,   J.   Vernon    205,214 

Sterling,  Lyle   261,  264 

Stetson,  Rector  Damon 85,   276 

Stuart,   J.  Rollin,  Jr    263,   268 

Sunshine,   2:15  1-4    257,   269 

Susie    F.,    2:20  1-4     263 

Swott,  Edward  B 271 

Thayer,    Harry    C 80,    84,   275 

The  Abbott,  2:03  1-4,  Carved  on  Scannell  Monu- 
ment        186 

The  Counsellor,  2:17  1-4    55 

The  Montana,  2:18  1-2   221 

The  Old  Story — "The  Best   Colt    the   Mare   Ever 

Foaled"   (By  Everett  L.  "Percy"  Smith)....    155 

Thistle    283 

Thompson,  Dr.   Charles  A 211,   216 

Thompson,  Dr.   Joseph  Douglas    211,    216 

Thompson,    Robert    B 20B,   210 

Thorndale   Stock   Farm,   The    215 

Tom    Smelzey,    2:18  1-2    92 

Totman,   J.   W 83 

Totman,   S.   B 83,   276 

Trainer  E.   D.  Bither  Who  Made  Three  World's 

Champions    147 

Trixie   S.,    2:14    1-2 85 

Trott,  Frank  G 236,   237 

Trott,  Lemuel  G 237,   238 

Trout,    John    146 

Twombly,   C.   B 71,   281 

"Uncle  Jock"  Bowen  Had   a  Turf   Career  Filled 

with    Adventure    134 

Uhlan,   1:58    124 

Uhlan,     the     World's     Champion     Trotter,     His 

Breeder  and  His  Trainer 121,   123 

Use   of   Road   Wagon    at   Matinees    Doomed    (By 

G.  Pray  Smith)    287 

Vernag,    2:21    1-2 213 

Wales,   S.   Walter    10 

War  Cost   $305,000   Horse  Deal    183 

Ward  M.,    2:09    1-4    197 

Ward,    Rowland    252 

Well-Bred    Horse    with    Quality    and    Soundness 

Is  Best  for  Business   (By  Henry  C.   Merwin)    175 

Wells,    Charles    D 93,    267,   268 

Wetmore,   V.    C.    Bruce    199,   202 

Ti^eymouth,  Henry  W 92,   277 

Wheelock,  Adna  T 113,    271,   279 

Whltaker,   Lewis    136,   245 

Whitcomb,  Prank  L 190-192 

Whitman,   E.   R 70,   281 

Wllklns,   Frank  1 255,   262 

Williamson.    George    H 86,   276 

Wolfson,    Solly    271 

Woodard.    Alden   H 255,   260 

Wright,    William    155 

Young,  C.  L 9 

Young.  .Tames  F 79,   282 

Young,   William   H 29.    263,   266 


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No.   12.     Low    seat,   without  spring.     Weight,  37  lbs. 
Can  be  used  instead  of  a  sulky. 

No.  7.     Combination  matinee  and  road  cart,  of  which 
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Nos.  1  and  2.  The  "Old  Reliable,"  high  wheelers, 
steel  or  cushion  tires.  A  reputation  of  29  years  behind  them. 
"They  wear  forever." 

No,  10.  The  Gentlemen's  road  cart.  38  inch  wheels, 
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